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Jan Hedger

Poetry

In The Light Of

Barbed wire on the beaches Shrapnel in the streets Blackout curtains at the windows Keeping in the light Down the air raid shelter Huddled under the stairs Hiding like rats in a cellar A candle for a light A screaming sound then silence The bomb exerts its force Destroying an…
Jan Hedger
6th September 2007
Poetry

Here lies………..

War Raw and Bloody Lives lost Uselessly in honour Medals awarded Telegrams delivered Mothers crying Wives weeping Fathers grieving Children, Not understanding Just seeing flags and glory and planes overhead But war is not glory War is names, Carved for eternity; Into cold hard stone
Jan Hedger
6th September 2007