by Patricia Sennett | Nov 5, 2015 | Poetry
The train sped very fast taking her home at last. So many years had passed since she came away But to her it seemed like yesterday So many memories came flooding back as the train sped along the track- No more Family left to see just a visit to the cemetery. Her Mum...
by Coralie Holmans | Nov 5, 2015 | Poetry
Today, the army asked for more, He’s just seventeen, when he walked out the door, Everyone’s fine”, he would write and say. Son, please write you’re coming home, Our thoughts are with you, For what you’ve done. Many months went by, until one day, Madam, I am sorry to...
by Coralie Holmans | Nov 5, 2015 | Poetry
Reading out loud, my son said to me England needs us all, Mum, please don’t cry” Everyone has to help, Many will come forward, and Boys will be men “ Running down the road to sign his name, And telling me” they’ve all done the same” Now it’s been 2 long years Can’t...
by Dennis Shrubshall | Nov 3, 2015 | Poetry
I’m just and ordinary Pumpkin That people like to buy And then they peel and scrape me And put me in a pie But at this time of year it’s different As biggest ones are saught I’m lying on the back of the stall Cos I shudder at the thought Of someone...
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...
