by Jules Robbo | Aug 8, 2026 | Poetry
We wear our days like well-pressed clothes, while underneath darkness flows. A worry, ache, or quiet dread, that lives unseen, unshared, unsaid. We learn to smile and say, “I’m fine,” we always say that practised line. We keep our storms tucked out...
by Sandy Sanderson | Jul 26, 2026 | Poetry
Just inside my mind it lives, hiding from all others. In a dark and secret hallway with pictures of my brothers. Silently attacking me and my battle-weary boxes. Swarming my defences like unseen covert forces. Its name is “Retribution”, and it’s never going to leave,...
by Sandy Sanderson | Jun 28, 2026 | Poetry
I walk where others could not tread, with silent names inside my head. The roll call echoes, one by one, while I still wake to greet the sun. This hollow guilt, so cold and deep, disturbs the hours meant for sleep. No medal fills the empty space, where loss has carved...
by John Dorran | Jun 26, 2026 | Poetry
Our demons don’t knock before they call, They wait in silence, hidden from all. A scent, a sound, a place, just doors That open many waiting sores. There is no cure that makes it cease, No single path that gives us peace. Instead, we learn some ways to cope, With...
by Murray Graham | Jun 26, 2026 | Poetry
This is a Poem I wrote for my wife on our anniversary because I forgot to get a card. Turned out to be the best this I did, because I got express my feeling for her in a way I never had before; I forgot to get a card this year and that I may regret But all the things...
by Murray Graham | Jun 26, 2026 | Poetry
I have no stories to tell you Nor victories to recall No pictures of my daring deeds Or accolades on my wall But after serving 39 years and more I fight most every night With the battles that go on in my head That gives me sleepless nights Being part of the big Green...