Poems

I’m waiting For my life to change The pain to go away To feel whole again My broken heart to heal Not to need a drink to sleep To stop thinking about you Stop dreaming about you Stop wanting you Stop missing you Stop loving you I’m waiting For you

It’s as safe in the Army as it is in Hackney; They’ll make him a man and they’ll teach him a trade And though they will send him to Afghanistan He’ll have clothes, he’ll have food and he knows he’ll be paid. His mum’s not too happy he’s gone for a soldier; He has to...

Do not sleep on my account, whilst I with troubled mind doth dawn await Will the deed foretold be done, a gesture black within his heart To take the silvered coin of Rome, betrayal comes to count the cost Forever lost in darkened realm, of gnashing teeth and searing...

“I do wish the future was over” when shooing my life away In dread of pain and suffering, when ushering out the day Commitment, death and evil, the list goes on and on It comes in many guises; this fear which sets upon To age for some, to be infirm and then to be...

What of poets with their high-sounding words That speak of love and Heaven-singing birds. Whose eyes see only precious things All tripping lambs and seraphs’ wings. What of unbolted hate and fear Those voices growing ever near... Do poets know what it’s like to weep...

What’s happened here this day, this hour, I cannot fathom still Yet here I am embroiled in cause, which seeks alone to kill Forgive this action that I take, in faith that’s notwithstanding Of consequences I believe, beyond one’s understanding Searing heat may take my...

Deception rears his ugly head As up the garden path we're lead By stealing poem, story, song Deception leads us all along An honest man is hard to find Honest, as in heart and mind Deception asks us to believe The web of lies that he does weave And slowly in us soon...

In two small ships they sailed into history, despatched in secret their duty, a mystery. Over the equator these lively crews sailed, the best of the best were how they were hailed. Travelling afar to a distant sun drenched isle, the two small ships covered mile after...

We brought this fridge freezer today, it was a BEKO with an energy rating of AAA, its tall and silver and stands 6ft tall but we have never made a repair call. But as time went on it decided to make some funny noise, it was huffing, puffing, squeaking and whistling...

The rich opium-laced breeze soothed us in its warm embrace and lulled the senses to relax. It seduced the wary eye to settle on the peaceful façade of this bitterly contested place and prompted heartfelt admiration of the lush greenery, the canal (whose cheerful,...

“Hades Three Zero. This is Hades Zero... More patrols are necessary. You will push further out in order to ‘Dominate’ and ‘Reassure’. You will then pull back… Over.” “Is there any chance of some air cover or more sensitive IED-detecting kit? Is there any chance of...

I wait. Impassive. Neutral. Buried. The goat ambles. Hungrily. Confidently. Hoping. The child dashes. Clumsily. Warily. Hoping. The woman steps. Wearily. Warily. Hoping. The soldier treads. Softly. Warily. Hoping. I wait. Impassive. Neutral. Buried. They’re all the...

“Have you ever killed anyone?” They ask, with the innocent naivety of youth. “What do you think?” I reply, smiling quietly. But indeed, what is the truth? Have I ever killed anyone? Let’s think… In the dark and dusty, neon-tinted streets of Basra I shot at men who...

It’s strange seeing you like this. I know you’re not actually here. Even that last time I saw you, held you, carried you... You were not actually there. The time before that, you waved. You grinned as you shouldered your pack. “Good luck mate.” I called. “Go...

Death comes again in a gut-wrenching roll of thunder that rages and echoes through valleys and cracked mud compounds and turns men inside-out. Walls shake and vibrate as dust-clouds rise and mud bricks and dust fall from ceiling to floor. Dust meets dust, “for out of...

The loveliest moonlit night of all When one might hear a teardrop fall. And, there, a soldier was laid to rest His arms enfolded on his breast. Who ever he was –a brave man died A wife back home with sorrow cried. I see him, awkward in his youth- Then marching as a...

I’ve made myself hollow again. Life, love and phone contract paused... on hold. Forgotten battles regain definition As day-to-day worries tick-tock to sepia thoughts of old. I’m thirsty for the forthcoming chapters; New tales to trade for backslaps and beer; Yarns...

It is not that I do not possess any … Or that I fear I do, It is what happens when the confidence Becomes ‘I know what to do’ When the mind plays tricks And tells you You know exately what to do But the response Is not the same Not for you …

Every dream that was ever achieved Begun with the steps of determination The ability to believe in oneself There is a high sprint to the end of a line And a swift start to embrace What no individual will encounter With every turn in the cycle, And every push in the...

It is not the perseverance That defines ones ability on the ground It is ones will to believe in the possibilities that are before them. It is the spirit The determination And ones ability to see the goal in sight That shows the character of man. It is mans objective...

Miss me but not to much Let the light flow On the heavens above Miss me through the sunset That rises to a new arriving day But let me delve into life And miss you but not to much I shall miss you through the four seasons Through the blistering winters, right up to...

Working your way through The temple of doom Allow the light of day to preside Through blazing heat Or bitter cold There is a tender Heart to uphold Working your Way through The trecious sight Behold I own the heart tonight Let not the clouds fool you Of the mystic...

Solitary harbinger of the coming dawn The Blackbird sings his plaintive song. All other birds, it seems, have flown He sings -as if- for Spring alone. That quickening of all doubts and fears His voice sounds strident to our ears. He watches, there, amongst the leaves...

Would that we could share our time once more, Father and Son becoming close friends. For so long denied us by social convention, a definite divide of adult and child! Then came a blurring of roles, a world in which we both belonged equal in thought. Love accepted as a...

I-Pad, I-Pod, MP3 All sounds double-Dutch to me Asus,Sony,Fujitsu Everything's so flipping new Apple, H.P.,Acer too Does it all make sense to you? Windows, Linux, O.S.X. Makes you wonder what comes next Inputs, outputs, U.S.B. (They tell me now it's up to three) Hard...

She slipped away from her moorings That fateful April day No-one could ever imagine Of what would come her way Speeding across the Atlantic Trying to claim the prize Disdainful of the conditions Icebergs of every size Passengers wining and dining Waiters and cooks on...

As I turned to go a face caught my eye. It was hard to tell his real age; 30? 40? 50? He had one of those faces that is hard to judge, but the eyes, the eyes were not. They spoke of pain and hurt, and yet there was compassion too, You could imagine them once having...

Sing sweet notes, oh pure ebony bird Awaken the glory of the garden In the dawn of a summers morning Catch first rays, oh myriad of flowers Reflect the glory of the garden With your rainbow filled display Billow from capture, oh Egyptian sheets Fly in the glory of the...

Their Misson is to collect But never to expect A fiver here and a Tenner there And don‘t forget The Big Events They tell of Men and Women The fallen and the Glory Heading for 100 million Maybe Mayebe 1 Billion That will be the Story Who are these People doing their...

A Story, From a boy to a Solider Darren is just nine years old Today his story will be told Mummy Mummy where is my helmet and my Gun Daddy i am worried about our Son its ok he‘s only haveing a bit of fun Let him go and play in the sun Today Darren is sixteen A life...

He was wearing bed socks And a night cap on his head; Long Johns and pyjamas As he tucked himself in bed. Wrapped up in his dressing gown ‘Neath blankets and an eiderdown He said his nightly prayers. So covered up in layers He saved upon his heating bill Whilst hoping...

A single leaf falls from a tree Carried away by the wind Lost forever

I look back to when I was younger To the time I hadn't a care Who was it kept me from crying Who held me and showed she was there Who was it that waved at the station And hid the tears in her eyes Smiling and saying "Bon voyage" And knowing I hated goodbyes When I...

The lights turned green, the road was clear, The car moved forward, turning right, I was sitting in the back, A police car followed close behind. Suddenly a car appeared, Ignored the lights, smashed in our side. I was thrown across the seat; Nobody wore seatbelts...

As I lie awake in bed My fears are racing through my head, A constant ritual that I dread. I think of what could do me harm; A terrifying nightly storm. If only I could find some calm, Then maybe I would get some sleep But all my fears run far too deep. Though when I...

I pulled into the kerb To fiddle with the radio And then as I looked up Some youths had crowded round the car; A hand upon the handle. Instinctively, through fear, I quickly locked my door And slammed the car in gear. Then when I sped away I think I drove on someone's...

To “Occupy London,” Please don’t go away, Even though at St. Paul’s They won’t let you stay. Just be around So that we can see That we haven’t all lost Our sanity. Continue to protest Whenever you can Condemning the system That’s plaguing the land Where the poor serve...

One is sufficient, At two you should stop. Three is the limit; Four’s over the top. But if you have five You’ll be seeking a thrill. Any car that you drive Is likely to kill. Then all you could say To the Police, I would think, Is, “it wasn’t me Officer, It was the...

By winds and tides of fortune tossed A much-loved friend whom we have lost. And in your parting from our lives Cruel Fate upon His charger rides. To be held in such high esteem We lesser men but fondly dream. The light of morning’s growing dim The birds their...

Soap, socks, lampshades; Manufacturing through recycling. Spectacles, clothes and shoes Harvested from Europe’s Jews; All turned into useful goods For use in German neighbourhoods. This was their final solution To what they saw as their pollution. But then tables all...

When we speak I pretend Cannot reveal Hide how I feel It stays deep inside No one can see It’s too private for me Feel so alone You can never know That I still Love you

“Never” is a painful word Used to destroy a dream When you said we will never be together My soul screamed out in pain Dreams shattered by a single word To never kiss you again Never touch you Never feel your body against mine Never make love to you Never wake up next...

After six knocks on six doors in a grey filled sky - as the sun shines today can we give thanks for their young lives and also pray for those that witnessed the devastation and those that repatriate these young men - for war has far reaching consequences beyond what...

In company of Angels, I search throughout the evening sky To look beyond the starlit haze, at universe that clouds my mind Bewildered by all circumstance that greets the hopeful Seeing Eye In numbers of such magnitude, in which to seek and yet to find Expression fills...

I always thought that growing old Together, we'd have time To do the things we'd always planned When we were in our prime But life is never like we hope Sometimes it is just cruel It carries sentiments along Then treats you like a fool So suddenly you find yourself...

My heart is broken Empty inside Just pain Aching for you

This is just a little personal story When Kathy was a teenager no more At the tender age of twenty years She travelled to a Foreign shore She landed in the Islands of New Guinea A young lady from a Rural town On a visit to be among the natives And a Mission of small...

On the edge of the rural community The village Smithy stands Manned by the local Blacksmith Recognised by his sturdy hands Strengthened each day by the hammer he wields Shaping steel on the Anvil each day Working the bellows on the furnace Then with white hot steel he...

The scrap man saw the Pearly Gates And calculated size and weights If he could find a long, long rope Backed with luck and a bit of hope He'd lower them to waiting mates Now at the Gates stood stern St. Pete' Employed by God to meet and greet He took the scrap man by...

If milestone dates did come and go, without descriptive phrase to note Our world would be a poorer place without a verse or two to quote The year as was and yet to come, is chronicled on poets whim Expression sought to clarify, the hopes and dreams as held within Our...

Over the roof of the red brick house Flew an owl in a lazy arc And in his beak was a little white mouse Which had ventured out after dark The owl then sat on the red tiled roof And let the mouse fall from his beak They both sat there looking so aloof With an...

Stranded 'neath the desert sun, my trusty steed of four wheel drive Hath cell of solid state asunder rent and fluid spilled unknown Well of perspiration, doth upon an arid carpet sate Evaporation glimpsed before return to sun scorched earth Striding on o'er shadowed...

"Incoming, incoming" the shout goes out, heard above the missile screams Protection is the promise wrought, for whom or what is not so clear Armageddon comes to pass, one more time or so it seems Intentioned peace may cloud the truth of end games goal amid the fear...

Awaiting words of drawn conclusion, mortal time may be expired Sitting here without illusion, predicament I'm now consigned Unaware of end game nigh, I look back fondly heave a sigh If I had known demise so soon, perchance my path would wind elsewhere No trivia of...

Cataracts with film of ‘Rainbow’ spectrum covered, tumbled chute “Mosi-oa-Tunya” signals word of plunged intent Curtain call of water filled performance, roars in wet salute Into the Devils Gorge, a headlong rush that seems hell-bent Livingstone in days gone by...

In privilege she was high born, with sibling Sister at her knee Blissful private tutoring brought knowledge and a sense of fun Our ‘Lillibet’ in childhood days, so happy and it seemed carefree Responsible, with duty sensed, of what may lie ahead ‘for one’ Uncle Ed, as...

Blue green sphere of wispy white, with background dark, enhances phase Moon rock underneath my feet, I gaze with wondrous look serene Through Giant’s leap humanity appears, insignificant in view Yet ingenuity of mind, has made progression Heavenward Our spirits soar...

When down on bended knee, I pray my Earthly span will be worthwhile My dreams, my hopes, for life of friends and family alike to be To heed the call for some whose heartfelt pleas are not so often heard A simple act of kindness shown, within a world of cruelty A...

Save the planet from pollution. Does anyone have the solution? Save your soul and find redemption, Lord deliver us from temptation. Save our world from the bomb, Who else has the atom? War in Afghanistan; live in fear. Is it true the end is near? Save the foxes from...

Couchant in repose surveying all who come through time to call Guardian of the pharaoh’s tomb, this 'Giza' with the lions paws Khafre’s countenance looks out, unseeing with all knowing sight On those who seek the wisdom of the ancients journey to the stars Desert...

As moonlight filters through my curtain I lie in bed awake, uncertain Why one minute I was calm Then awoken with alarm Jumbled thoughts now fill my brain Preventing me from sleep again So here I sit at half past four Knowing I will sleep no more Now with notebook,...

It disthney bother me, that “Donald” wasth the firsth Neither am I bugged by “Bunny”, quacking yolksth that teasthe My plumage though dimorphic, enhancesth me from birth Black asth night with orange bill and feet that sthplay the kneesthe They could have drawn a...

When Charlie made his pancakes They were a work of art Really light and fluffy They never fell apart His choice of different toppings Were everybodys’ dream Lemon juice and tasty jams Topped off with clotted cream Everyone said Charlie Deserved a special treat They’d...

As the last vestiges of autumn give way to winter's chill, I am left clinging to the vine All the foot soldiers that have gone before, twisting in their death throes as they floated to the unforgiving ground below Did any of our ilk survive the season's change of...

Remember when we couldn't talk and needs were met without a sound A fragile time of arms outstretched, embraced in Mother's love so pure Remember when we couldn't walk and on all fours we crawled around Frustration loomed each time we tried, then guiding hand we...

People look maybe like what they see, little knowing it's not the real me If only they could see behind the mask, a barrier from the world outside "No way out" and "No way in", just separation of insurmountable kind I have fashioned a lock without shaping the key...

Undercover of the night I type away in sheer delight, My subterfuge does not bode well, for end of days when called to tell This poet’s heart can ne’er be stayed whilst Doctors, Nurses, are betrayed Compositions less verbose, in rhyming verse or simple prose If found...

Precipitation from above, unto the earth doth sate Pouring forth in torrent daring feathered friends to soar Perched on wooded bough, their stifled song 'til morrow waits Blooms potential harmony in lifeblood's thunderous roar Bumbled buzzing creature, pollen search...

Love appears down online highway, Save, don't save...... a choice to make ! Electric kisses coming my way, Save, don't save...... so much at stake ! Lonely heart seeks happy ending, Save, don't save...... could cause me pain ! Save as...... maybe keep her pending...

My baby boy of 4 months old, I leave you soon I fear Afghanistan for 6 whole months, my god that’s half a year But daddy is a soldier and soldiering is my job But that doesn’t make it easy to leave my Harry Bob. This 2 weeks leave before I go is going rather fast I...

The Campanile rings out in repetitive refrain As flowers bloom in solitude, through plots of measured earth; I approach with clouded thought to catch a glimpse of words cut deep A shadow covered carapace which sits atop the soil No mention on the mortar etched, of...

When catching that smile which played on your face My hopes ne’er denied of a yearning embrace You offered at most a cursory glance As I crossed o'er the floor to ask for a dance Please take of my hand, was the plea in my heart Yet what could I say, just where should...

I rush to him and cradle in embrace of sorrowed kind Should energy of life's flow, 'twixt our coupled bodies hold Twisted shadowed shoulder, casting image fleet upon my mind To cry out in the knowledge of despair, again to be so bold Shout the heavens chorus, far...

As they swept the sun baked ground, Searching out the I.E.D’s, Soldiers, highly geared to sound, For R.P.G’s – quick to freeze. Know the signs, Clearing mines. Ask no quarter from the slaughter. Brave in fray, Come what may. They have now made safe the way. Finding...

Though you heard them speak of your Being courageous, brave, and proud You stood apart within the crowd... Someone whistles on his way to work Out where a thousand shadows lurk. That gnawing agony in your leg Seems heightened as you lie in bed. The sun rises and...

Woe is me this day, of one before the morrow brings When history no longer mocks eternity of what shall be Where ending of all life as known, perchance no longer sings Hath future ceased creating of existence whence I’m truly free? Weigh the anchor chains I wear...

"Will this be the day, will this be the hour, not knowing where or when. No enemy to face no ally to trust, like an extra in virtual reality, "Only this is for real" Treading softly on streets of sand, little progress being made. Appreciation of a sort from the people...

Ranks of soldiers flank the way to honour the fallen who leave here today. On a frozen airfield, white with snow we wait in silence for the coffins to show. The cold cuts through us, we feel its bite but our thoughts are with those who have died in this fight. From...

What can you fit into a lifetime my friend? How long is a life time anyway? What can you fit into a year or six months? Or what can be crammed into today? There are those who will squeeze in ten gallons of life And some who are content with a pint or two There are...

Simple things for simple lives Simple husbands simple wives Simple children with simple needs Simple food for simple feeds Simple housing with simple rooms Simple cleaning with simple brooms Simple work with simple wage Simple book with simple page Simple letter with...

Faced across a field of squares, opponents make a stand Whilst strategies are weighed within a gambit to perform Goodly white advances on the horde with black intent Attacking their defences, probing weaknesses to breach Pawns of eight abreast take turns with recce’s...

You hope you can get another day out of that shirt, I just hope for a day here where no-one gets hurt. You dream of a lottery win, riches, fast cars, I dream of seeing my wife again, and she won’t notice the scars. You hope that your day’ll go quick, there’s your...

Dear Mum, “To War” they cried, we went “Dig deep” they said, we dug “Stand To” they shouted, we stood “Fix Bayonets” the order, we fixed “Wait for the whistle” the cry, we did “Over the Top” the command, we climbed “Keep going boys” the shout, we marched “Stay in the...