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...
by Richard Gildea | Oct 19, 2015 | Poetry
The War is on all Men are gone, with Women left to fend their way Tis theirs which is the sorry plight and not the heroes far away Some left with Children three or four (perchance he’s just forgot) Whilst off to fight the Good Lord knows, she’s on her own he’s not Now...
by Richard Gildea | Oct 17, 2015 | Poetry
Tho nights are long, mine stretch beyond the dawn In hope ‘that I need not’ to face the day Where once I’d rise as if again reborn Now down upon my knees I fall and Pray That life itself ‘be put on hold’ (for thee) A brief respite from all thou have endured Perchance...
