by Nicky C Jones | Nov 4, 2009 | Poetry
Blood-red fragile flower representing lives lost, stand tall to remind us as we contemplate the cost. Blood-red fragile flower representing lives lost, stand tall to remind us, as we calculate the cost. It is true: To be a nation at peace we sometimes have to fight,...
by Colin Boynton | Nov 3, 2009 | Poetry
Many marched and many fought And many lost their lives Leaving children fatherless And leaving grieving wives, They fought with strength and bravery Not knowing what would come Facing dangers every day Each and every one, They fought from trenches cold and wet Doing...
by Colin Boynton | Nov 3, 2009 | Poetry
The years will march on endlessly One day we may find peace But until then we’ll fight the wars That never seem to cease, And if we find some peace at last How soon will we forget The sacrifice our soldiers made To them we are in debt, For as I look around today At...
by Chris Dickson | Oct 30, 2009 | Poetry
In clay and mud and grass and sand We sleep now on these foreign lands We were the brave who fought and fell The ones who never lived to tell Remember us to old and young And tell them of the things we done We are the sons who had to go We lie in peace where poppies...
by Dennis Shrubshall | Oct 18, 2009 | Poetry
We know not what is in the wind Cast by Mother Natures hand Or borne by the birds as they soar thro the sky Never selective of where the seeds land An onward progression that never stops Germinating from seeds however sown Ensuring that yearly the fields hold crops To...
