WAR

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...

THE SOLDIER

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...

FUN AT CHRISTMAS

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...

HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND.

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...

Our Daily Bread

How oft’ I’ve dreamed of sitting on that mount The place He sought when teaching us to Pray Where once ‘Commandments Ten’ held to account Pronouncements here allowed for more to say “Do not be like the hypocrites who crow” (They only care for what is seen, by whom)...

Haiku/Syllabic poems 2

ENHANCEMENT The gutter in which I lie… is an upgrade from Where I lay before. Kevin M Welsh 2015 MY TRUE STATUS My social class… is Found in the recesses of The foulest sewer Kevin M Welsh 2015 PATIENTIA Injustice… is most Grievous to those who have not Experienced...