by Paddy Slevin | May 10, 2012 | Poetry
I was fifteen years, I didn’t shave, my experiences few, When I stepped aboard a railway train, bound for Wool, from Waterloo. I felt my heart was in my mouth, with my spirit ebbing low I had signed upon the dotted line, but now didn’t want to go. I thought of home...
by Dan Fry | Nov 17, 2011 | Poetry
Bootnecks start the fight The Para’s eagle flight ATO’S prep the rounds While tankies churn the ground Drop shorts bring the might MP’s oversee the night Blades sneaking through the lines When JTAC’S watch the skies The Rupert’s read the map Chunkies build the camp...
by Dan Fry | Nov 16, 2011 | Poetry
Falling through the clouds, tumbling in the air Jumping from 20,000, with style, grace and flair Any sane person would think you’ve lost the plot but experience, skill and patience let you dust down on the spot Jump from the back, on green lights flashing bright As...
by Elizabeth McNally | Jul 26, 2011 | Poetry
I watch them both together, such a difference in their years, Though my heart is full of happiness, my eyes are filled with tears, My mother and my daughter, so precious both to me, One who’s always with me, the other I hardly see. That it’s been so long, is not...
by Ron Brain | Jul 22, 2011 | Poetry
Your son or daughter Your husband your wife These people go off and leave your life to do a tour for queen and country but will anyone know the heartbreak it brings all the worry day and night waiting for a call that will make it right just a message to know they are...
