Poems

I think of my friend, my eyes full of tears With her soft golden coat and drooping ears As a puppy I recall she was so full of fun With her brown eyes bright, catching the sun She fetched the sticks and dug her holes She played with stones, rubber toys and coals Her...

Why the bombs? Why the guns? Why the flashes? Why the bangs? Why the screams? Why the deaths? Why the pain? Why the suffering? All I want to know is “WHY”

I won’t concede to shadows of despair, falling across my mind, I won’t be weak and let hate set in, one day sending me blind, I will succeed in erasing the dark, triumph will be mine, Only the light of experience will I allow to shine, I’ll gain wisdom from truth as...

On December 8th in 1980 A guy shot a guy in N.Y. City, You may say well that’s a pity, But you can get shot in N.Y. City. This trigger happy MORON, Killed non other than John Lennon. 18th September 1970 R.I.P. Jimmy Hendrix, 4th October same year Janis had the same...

It was a day out, A swan around in the Land Rover, A day to prevent me from going stale, Check out the facts on the ground, Bihac is where it can be found Seventh Corps: pride of the Bosniac Army, Let's see what they're up to, At the very least it'll serve to liven up...

A soldier was his chosen trade There were many guns he fired He’s gone away but not to fade Dave Mansfields just retired We had some fun and laughs with you You were the life and soul And now your party’s over it feels a little cold Fear not up there we’ll see you...

I live on an island called Malta you know not far from its shores is the island Gozzo The people are friendly and love to just chat We talk about nothing about this about that I used to live here a long time ago I lived in Attard with my family just so There were 5 of...

I think I lost my mind, gone insane the dead danced like puppets on a string bullets ripped through their bodies again knowing that its only death we bring The night is green through my sights tracers ripping through the air this one was the heaviest of fights switch...

I can’t go to bed, Cause the things in my head, Make it hard to fall asleep. It’s like it happened today, and it won’t go away. Don’t ask me to try counting sheep. It’s a part of the past, They say the memories won’t last. Times a great healer. When you’re lying in...

Where grown men stand and weep Whether summer’s sun, or winter’s rain. It neither cleanses, Nor washes way their pain Where stood once a crowd of youths A few old men now endure. And at the setting of the sun, And at the ending of this day Their memory is as fresh As...

No one could fail to have noticed As it was broadcast in pictures and sound The money markets were in trouble Causing a run on the pound They sat there in front of their computers Boasting of the money they’d made By buying the mighty deutsch mark Oh what a profitable...

We gazed distantly into each other’s eyes, It's the last time we’ll meet, our love in demise, As memories run through, our lives flash by, Thoughts of the beach, the sand and the sky, Some parts were good and some shouldn’t be, The finality of ending Holy Matrimony,...

When you send the boys into battle, Send them if you must. But before you make them go there, Make sure the reasons are just. If you think there are reasons for going, And the reasons are worth all the strife, If you think you can pay for the losses, Think – it’s not...

The weather's clear this evening over Scotland-- frost, no fog; bases should be open. But the navigator's brought a flask of soup, razor and toothbrush in trouser pocket. Strapped with our familiar shadows, conducting checks to the waving torches, we call "Brakes on,...

Annie is a warrior She’s done us all so proud She made the site we’re using So we’ll sing her praises loud She did it of her own accord She kept the thought alive Then cornered cant lose touch dot com To help her idea fly We thank you Annie for your work And thank...

Blinking faintly just a spot a distant light or maybe not Is it them come back for more or is it mates in teams of four I crawl a bit to hide my form and nearer still the light comes on Nearer yet to me it gets I check my rifle prepare for threat Then quietly a voice...

As I stood alone gazing out of my window at the sky behind the steeple light blazing it belonged to the moon up high A beam of light crept in view getting clearer by the second in all its beauty I saw I knew its face to me beckoned Passing clouds passed away so its...

Darkness swirls around my head, as I lie shaking in my bed. Too scared to sleep, lest I die Exhaustion beckons as the night flies by The dreams have come, the panic too running from things, on a floor of glue terror unseen, so scared I'll lose My only solace lies in...

Tracer lit the night while the screams of the dying were drowned out by the exploding shells no longer cold or wet no thoughts of hunger. Just a surge, a rush the body’d come alive.

Hey daddy, Will you be here tomorrow? During the dark of the night, Before the rise of the dawn, Another soldier’s died. The families broken hearted, His children forlorn. Hey daddy, Will you be here tomorrow?

Colder now the nights draw in No more scran from your mess tin No more worry you may have sinned No more moving like the wind Older now I have become with memories of pain and fun But brightest yet my time with you I wish these times we could renew Not to weep I know...

Winter fires burning brightly Snow flakes softly falling Children singing Christmas songs Hearing Santa calling Chorus All good children time for bed Rest your weary eyes For tomorrow Santa comes You’re in for a big surprise Smell the golden turkey roasting Food laid...

An Irish Hussar sat alone at the bar drinking his favorite drink, when a girl came to him with a childish young grin and a look that would tame a live mink. She came up to him And he knew she’d give in If he bought her a large gin and tonic So he left it to fate She...

I hear the engines gunning and know we’ll soon be running I’ll be sprinting to my cover like a child towards its mother I smell the stench of fear and the whispered prayers I hear I hear the angels singing as the shells they are a ringing I see the mist is pouring in...

An angel came into his life, with tarnished wings, she was full of strife. they spoke, they dreamed, they laughed and cried and gave themselves nowhere to hide. So close they came, inside their heads, each knowing the others hopes and dreads Such understanding of each...

He's shouting again though it brings him more pain Far more hurting to him than to me I try hard not to cry though the tears in my eyes Make it dreadfully hard to see. I wish he could see what his screams do to me As he lashes my ears with his tongue For I can see...

I watched the news today oh boy wished I was a civilian today so I could see my tank was no toy my boy’s burn whilst they play My country peacefully invaded I go ashore to free didn’t realize I'd raided cause I was too young too blind to see Oil be alright said the...

Silent, invisible, I lie in solitude. None can see me. I am a ghost. The camouflage I wear hides me. The stillness of my body conceals me. I see things here that few have seen I hear things here that few have heard The stillness of the countryside surrounds me Its...

Mist, in from the sea. Rain, on the hills and the mountains. Death, in the valleys. Echoing screams of birds. Wind rushingthrough the sound. Ripples,on the waters. Spray, on their wings. Talons, touch and strike. Flicking, like a salmon’s tail. The specks fly. While...

As you stare into the eyes, Of the man you call your friend. To speak the words, You both know to be a lie. You find no fear. May perhaps, A simple resignation. Pre-ordained this moment. ‘Tis Kismet. A disciplined death. A soldier’s fate

As I wandered down a tree lined road just a way from Bridgnorth town I remembered lads in airforce blue smartly marching up and down I can see the concrete patches where all the wooden huts once stood and recall the cold dark winter days out there gathering coke and...

In Basra’s war torn city, a soldier stands so tall, Smiling at the locals, with his back against a wall, Beneath a veil of calmness, his heart beats like a drum, Thinking of the folks he loves, his girl back home and Mum, The sun is burning down on him, it burns his...

“Be strong today” “Be brave”, they said in unison. Easy to say For those distanced from your confusion. But to one who thinks he knows you well, And, let’s face it, Who can ever really tell? I find it really quite fetching To see you wanting to turn beauty into...

Flicker flicker fire and smoke My flame it burns my smoke it chokes I can be friend I can be foe But will you learn? The answer’s no In your house I bide my time Small and flickering working fine But if you don’t protect your home I’ll make it mine and all you own...

Revving engines shaking our thoughts as we grab our gear off the bus We’re not just robots or killing machines as people often describe us We had to get dropped and regroup downstairs to meet up silent unseen And as you dive down with halos all round You focus on task...

These pills that I'm taking to help me be strong Are they making me better? Fixing what's wrong? Are they helper or hindrance, problem or cure? Or maybe just crutches to help me endure? Big green ones, the white ones the tiny round yellow For something so small he's a...

Have lost my mask Drank on the devils wine Let you take me to task Oh god when im high life is divine They never saw the blood or the rot Burnt flesh and flashing teeth Just realized its money we got Never mind the family’s grief Im here today to spread the English...

The granite was cold, while the yellow and white lichen scraped the skin. But the view was magnificent. To the left the sea, placid blue. The red and green coloured roofs which contoured along its shores. Likened to an artists upturned paint box. Splashing colour,...

Soggy smelling peat On a smoke obscured hill, Death, like a blanket. Souls bonded together, fear conquered. Haggard pale pinched faces, Only the eyes, Bright, alert, The mirror of our souls.

I’ll go astray, quite soon I’d say Just run away, have fun all day. Drink some booze. Take a snooze. Pick and choose. Win or lose. Eat when I like. Ride on my bike. Fish for pike or take a hike. Wear jeans too tight. Go fly a kite. Jump from a height. Watch stars at...

It’s been four days, the Rovers engine cooling, I tried to walk, after crawling out the back, No help I said, as others tried to comfort, At last the end, of a journey cloaked in black, It started out, the four of us together, Although out here, our lives are merged...

I’ve crawled through the desolate wastelands of your soul to reach ground zero. Past blackened, charred reminders of battles waged and lost. I’ve breathed the acrid stench of scorched flesh along the way. I’ve choked on the ashes of your past and cried myself to...

I made the trip I know its late love But things have happened since you were gone The children grew up and had a family And we have Grandchildren now The war was hard On both of us my dear While you waited to be found I was getting the telegram That ended my life I...

We swarmed all over spreading death We killed and maimed them all We checked their lifeless bodies And made the evac call You sit at home and read in the news and cheer at what we’ve done “oh well done our lads what excellent work” you cheered cos we butchered sons Oh...

Oh while I was there I hated people I didn’t know yes CND and critics stare all I felt was aggression grow They told me it was for a good cause and if I did not die I’d receive a heroes applause but instead I cry War is for wasters and on our race it pollutes Let the...

Did we not defend and feed we didn’t just follow or give into greed as did the hollow hollow of soul or moral content it was war we knew we were being sent said goodbye to our whore and tanned ourselves as we waited waited to be kuwaited for freedom was belated I...

If he makes thirty yards I’ll get up and go. Up and running Jigging to and fro. If he makes forty yards I’ll get up and go. Is it your fear, That seems to make him run so slow ? Go boy ! go! If he makes another ten yards. I’ll get up and go. Run boy, go ! go! go!....

It’s dark, but not quite, It’s almost day, but not quite. Half haze, grey gloom, but not quite. Not red, not green, not black, not white. Almost day, almost ,but not quite. When you differentiate between colours. You’ve got first light. Almost day, almost, but not...

Monday morning, don’t arrive late, In collar and tie to change for eight, Lightweights and boots, belt and red vest, We’re there on parade waiting for the rest, Up for inspection, account for your troop, A three-mile sprint, the faces all droop, “Get in three ranks...

An old friend told me yesterday That when attending an affray Stand fast as if you just don’t care You make like you’re going nowhere I try but can't convince myself To lay emotion on the shelf If only I could play that part Of a lawman who has no heart So lonely So...

I’m cold. Will you warm me? You can warm me; WILL you warm me? CAN you warm me? I’m cold. I’m still cold.

Heads bent solemnly in remembrance As the prayers of thanks are read Those here have walked the byways of the dead And have brought tales for the young That death may not visit them so easily Seas of faces that should be so much more Line the walkway of the monarch...

I was in a rage wanted to live to see my family and dreams mercy was not ours to give as "good" isn’t always as it seems Yes I lived im a hero at last I still cry for the dead now their ghosts of my past but I cant get it from my head So I cant sleep im so tired...

Can I tell you how I feel? lost lost is what I feel before you I kneel I’m so confused by everybody on this planet of ours cause all we do is fight on that I’ve spent hours So come with a gun or toke make your minds up no thank you I don’t smoke let’s give the kids a...

I miss the lads. I miss those crisp clear nights, when the frost glistens in the moonlight. I miss those lonely exposed hills, lashed by the rain. I miss the young and innocent faces, some of whom we’ll never see again. I miss the laughter and the crack. I miss their...

I cast my mind back. While the dark moods on me. To days of yore, Snot blood and thunder, And of the brave men, We left behind. On stormy nights, As the lightning crashes, When the wind and rain smashes down. Brave men cry when the thunder roars. And all the while,...

Across the canvas of my mind, subtle brushstrokes glide, Effortlessly recreating you, a texture and contour ride, Visually exploding texture and tone, shape themselves around you, A 3-dimensional re-incarnation, no one but I can view, Your elegance, your beauty, the...

I believe that Tuesday follows Monday; And I believe that, someday, I could be content With someone heaven sent. And I believe she means it When she says she sees it In me, but who am I? The one who has to try to be All for her that she is to me. I believe that the...

I wish you could understand The reasons that I do this The reason I am leaving for this land I stand not for the uniform Or even for our country But to ensure we have peace For generations to come I know you cannot see my heart And all its wonderings Of why I’m doing...

Like black velvet clouds that steal my day the clock has stopped ticking forever falling forever walking in thick muddy clay these dark thoughts sticking A day a night a week forever drowning in despair the strong become weak and the world does no longer care Sharks...

is my mind simply a machine one with cameras for eyes filming what we have seen instead of all the lies so when you see the death in my eyes just remember its a reflection of what ive seen instead of all the lies its everything i have been they try to tell me to mix...

Alarm goes off. Something’s wrong, don’t know what I feel it building, growing, burning hot. Get out of my way! Don’t drive so slow! Damn these people! I wish they'd all go! Each phone call grates, Each noise a trigger. Pounding into my head, Like a mechanical digger....

Until you have had the ground beneath your feet disappear. Seen the sky turn black and shower you with molten metal fragments. You'll never know how precious the morning can be for men at war. I pray you never have to share the moment.

Left a bit and left a bit and left a little more. Now add a bit and add a little more. The arc’s not high, as you watch it fly. Though the chattering rattle, amidst all the battle, causes your ears to roar. One belt down, fifty rounds, tracer one in four. Now left a...

You’d have thought at this stage, that it wasn’t the wage, Of the war or the way that it’s fought, It’s infinitely better to predict the weather, Than to give in to pragmatic thought. Of centuries past, and punishments cast, Of creatures poisoned at sea, Is this the...

Life, to me, could be A circus. But I’m a clown: Ambitions for the high-wire And both feet on the ground. If the only way to see Will be to sleep; Then the only way to play will be to cheat and if the only way to laugh will be to cry; then the only way to live will be...

Flower heads sway as the battledress pass, Lemmings walking to meet their end Callow youth with ghosts of victories filling their heads Letters from ancient loves in pockets amass Like threads of a web to catch memory flies Pale parchment capturing the spirits of the...

Great sentinel of venturers…guardian of the foolish… Protector of the reckless…supporter of the adventurous… Blessed beacon shrouding the imperilled in a cloak of enlightenment From that, which at first may seem benign, But which is also unpredictable in mood....