by Don Holmes | Dec 3, 2015 | Poetry
Just another Friday night A boisterous crowd look for a fight Loud curses at the taxi rank As in the alley winos drank Revellers could not presume That death was waiting in the gloom A hacking cough an angry word The first signs of what now occurred The wino stumbled...
by Don Holmes | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
Christmas time approaches fast And thoughts soon turn to snow Children sliding down the street With faces all a glow Happy squeals as snowballs fly Loud laughter fills the air As someone falls into the snow With not a single care Covered white and soaking wet The...
by Alan Parry-Booth | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
There was panic in the valleys As he story filtered through That our pit was due for closure And there’s nothing we could do. Our way of life in Ystrad Was known for miles around As a warm and caring village Where the men worked underground. Our choir was plauded...
by Malcolm G Bradshaw | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
Christmas means many things To people through out the land To Christians it’s a celebration of Jesus Of a birth that God had planned To non-Christians It’s just another day They still worship God They do it a different way All other religions are just as important For...
by Sheila Standen | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER GUNS SHELLS BOMBS AND SPLINTERS THATS OUR LIFE FROM NOW ON ,THANKS WE NEED PLANES SHIPS AND TANKS OUR BOYS IN THE AIR NEED PLANES BY THE SCORE OUR LADS AT SEA NEED SHIPS ,A THOUSAND OR MORE THEY WILL GET BOTH ,AS BRITAIN HAS PLEDGED HER...
by Sheila Standen | Dec 2, 2015 | Poetry
FOREWARD ,ONWARD TO MEEET THE FOE EVER BACKWARD WE LONG TO GO GLINTS OF STEEL FLASH IN THE SUN AND NOW THE COWARDS TURN TO RUN ONLY THE BRAVE STAY ON TO FIGHT THR’O THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT THEN DAY WILL COME AND WE SHALL SEE JUST HOW MANY STAYED ON WITH ME I...