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Lest We Forget
Soldiers fought in the muddy battlefield,their guns high up from the trenches beneath the ground,the brave soldiers' faces smothered in sweat, some lay dead on the bloody ground. Over 1000 of them killed every day, some left in terrible pain. They did this to leave us...
War Poem
BOOM! Another deafening explosion of a bomb! How long will this ear piercing noise in my ears go on? Constant gun fire rings all around Bodies lying motionless like dead fish on the ground Rats...rats...rats..and rats as big as bloomin' cats! Scuttling along the floor...
Of Scars and Stories
Invisible to all who saunter by The ‘Other Man’ who lives within my frame Where once was light, I canst but now decry Non–physical the scars which also maim Twas as the day succumbed to starlit night Advancing o’er the land with senses primed Mine eyes didst then...
Flows the River Red
‘Nine Hundred Thousand Stems’ now wend their way On down to river’s edge from vaulted room “Once more into the light” (I softly pray) Such sacrifice inferred by every bloom In situ, they appear untouched by time Divining out sad path to journey’s end As did on day...
The 1914 to 1918 war
The soldier is so worn and gaunt thinking about the battle he’s fought His rifle clutched in cold damp hands Retracing his fight across the land. The field is quite there’s no sound No shells are crashing to the ground The small arms fire has all gone Just how long...
The Great War 1914-1918
The pain, the cries, the fear, the lies The noise, the smell, the rats, the flies The cold, the wet, the wind, the damp The trench, the mud, the gas, the cramp Our hope, our love, the yearn, the day The sun, the sky, the moon, we pray That we will live to see our...