Falklands 29 years on

History is made in many forms Not to known to one and all Some of the facts are documented Others older persons recall A conflict that is ever in my mind Well past my Service time When the biggest Armada since World War 2 Left the U K shores for the South Atlantic...

The day your Father died

You want to know all that happened… What happened on the day your father died. You want to know what happened to him… What I know about the day your father died. I will tell you all about what happened… I will tell you what had come to pass. Of all that had happened...

Wootton Bassett (after Thomas Hardy)

They buried Gunner Frost beside the church Where all the Frosts had always lain In their high tide marks of quiet lives, But Gunner Frost was not the same: Where giant skies meet giant hills Gunner Frost was quietly killed. Yet part of that far land Will Gunner Frost...

Faith Hope and Charity

When I was young and but a child, my mum and dad would say, That when you sent me from above, they had a price to pay, For in my soul you’d laid three seeds, for them to tend and care, And through their efforts they would grow, and many fruits they’d bear. These...

My Mother

When I am sad, I feel her near Although she is no longer here I see her face and then she’s gone Back to heaven where she belongs I miss her so but in my heart I know in spirit we’ll never part