by Jan Hedger | Sep 11, 2016 | Poetry
Tears of the Golden Willow fall like tresses of a mythological Goddess, cascading in a unbroken, quivering stream to the dark underworld far below where Sedges erupt, dwarf like trolls with heavy metal hair ‘we are trolls, fol-dee-rol, we are trolls, fol-dee-rol, we...
by Helen Berry | Sep 10, 2016 | Poetry
Yet again I have been humbled, yet again I am moved By the courage of our forces and the joy a choir has proved Through uncertainty and effort you made a lovely sound While some healing of your pain you surely also found
by Terry Maltby | Sep 9, 2016 | Poetry
September Brown Was her name Came in my life Like autumn flame So full of colour So full of song But all too soon September’s gone September Brown So full of love Together we touched The stars above Reached for the moon Laughed in the sun But all too soon September’s...
by Helen Berry | Sep 9, 2016 | Poetry
Who was this man who gave his life Did he leave a son, a mum, a wife Did death come quick, did he die in pain Never to walk these shores again To this man and the rest I owe such a debt The poppy a symbol lest I forget How do I live, do I honour his name Did the world...
by Richard Gildea | Sep 6, 2016 | Poetry
My languid form reclines as if in pose Whilst soaking up the warmth of yonder star A gentle breeze meanders ‘twixt my toes I sense in turn as each bids “au revoir” Tis glorious when life just saunters by No headlong dash to greet what’s yet to come No...
by Richard Gildea | Sep 6, 2016 | Poetry
I am aware my life’s on loan: tho due To be redeem’d when e’er Thou choose to call Still yet awhile, doth Pray my days accrue Allotted span perchance this once forestall Thru early years my Spirit roam’d as free No fear of intervention from ‘On High’ No obligation...
