by Richard Gildea | Jun 30, 2016 | Poetry
Exploding ground doth shake, with earth heaved high Above such wispy clouds as hold no rain Both ‘Lochnagar and Y Sap’ kiss goodbye To foe who are entrenched, (midst hurt and pain) Yet still at ’Zero Hour’ – our planned advance Is met by ‘hail of fire’ from same...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 8, 2016 | Poetry
My mess tin doth reflect a wearied face Whilst catching glimpse (as each shared ‘Bully Beef’) With ‘tatties’ and some veg’ all troops said Grace Ere straining to Maconochie’s ‘relief’ Tis now some months or more, since we ‘dug in’ Midst shelling and bombardment o’er...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 6, 2016 | Poetry
“All disembark for interchange, next stop!” Announcement made without a ‘by your leave’ Hath caught me unawares when ‘fit to drop’ As heavy rests my head upon my sleeve Awaken’d now from slumber, I look out Thru windows black as night and kiss’d by rain Unsure if I...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 3, 2016 | Poetry
Midst ‘tales to tell’ we move (who scribe the void) Betwixt both metaphor and lit’ral rhyme Descriptive phrase so oft’ by choice employed When spouting forth, thru ‘once upon a time’ Yet what is left unsaid intrigues the mind Of all who chance to read its varied form...
by Richard Gildea | Jun 3, 2016 | Poetry
Much more than love enfolds your heart this night Tis “Blood from Blood” once nurtured in thy womb Such pain then borne adds strength one needs to fight When thread of life was weaved on steadfast loom Tho undeserving, none can know their fate As revelation forms...
