by Robert Carson | Feb 12, 2012 | Poetry
Though you heard them speak of your Being courageous, brave, and proud You stood apart within the crowd… Someone whistles on his way to work Out where a thousand shadows lurk. That gnawing agony in your leg Seems heightened as you lie in bed. The sun rises and...
by Robert Carson | Feb 4, 2012 | Poetry
Housemartins darted above my head Down Smardale Gill the pathway led. The Poet’s Way I must have took The scene unfolding like a book. When Kirkby Stephen came in to sight The town looked lovely bathed in light. I stood beneath The Cloister’s shade Within the...
by Robert Carson | Jan 16, 2012 | Poetry
We did what we were told The ancient transcript read They too would perish in their youth Their precious blood thus shed The cupreous leaves of autumn To some may speak of death To others -of the coming spring The sweetness of Life’s breath The landscape of a Winter...
by Robert Carson | Jan 14, 2012 | Poetry
The movement of a rustling tree The gentle lapping of the sea A favourite song, a much-loved poem The voice that always speaks of home The thought of someone truly loved Those friends who ever prove their worth Though a sniper may await out there We all a bond of...
by Robert Carson | Dec 1, 2011 | Poetry
Would that I were like a bird Soaring high above the earth Looking down on hill, and glen On the graves of fallen men When you’ve flown o’er land and sea Come, one day, remember me Think of all I was in Life All I gave in sacrifice! The vagrant spirit of...
