by Dennis Shrubshall | Nov 3, 2015 | Poetry
Thinking back to the days of childhood Life was so different then Lessons were chalked up on the blackboard Then written in textbooks with pencil or pen Teachers were then respected As education they tried to instil To eager classes of pupils waiting Their heads with...
by Dennis Shrubshall | Nov 3, 2015 | Poetry
The Poppy fields are silent now In Flanders so faraway Absent from many people minds Except on Remembrance Day When thoughts once again re-open On sad& treasured Memories they keep Of those who gave their lives in battle So that we and others might sleep In peace...
by Emily Dean | Oct 29, 2015 | Poetry
Those who fought for our freedom lay Beneath the ground, faces of dying grey They battled with guns and silver blades But soon held blackened shovels and spades Men were lost, with dignity they died Women at home wept and cried Now they rest in a sea of red The ones...
by Richard Gildea | Oct 24, 2015 | Poetry
Oft’ wondered of the men I’d march’d beside Throughout such time as term’d “our darkest hour” Twere no more aged than youth (where years reside) Yet ne’er a one when faced with fear, didst cow’r No finer friends hath e’er encounter’d since O’er Earth; tho I have...
by Ron Martin | Oct 24, 2015 | Poetry
The many words she has inscribed upon the page Reveal the unhappiness and anguish she has known That she has suffered throughout her life can be seen For in so many ways she has often felt alone In her simple words she tries to show Why it is difficult for her to...
by Dennis Shrubshall | Oct 19, 2015 | Poetry
Life’s gone by so quickly Since I were but a lad And I often sit back and reflec t on the past The good things and the bad My mind wanders back to WW2 Living in a country at War We were fighting for our survival Along with Poland ,Norway & Holland Then there was...
