by Sally Flood | Nov 15, 2010 | Poetry
Sunday the 14th I sit alone among thousands I with my memories Sharing the memories of others. As a child living with strangers Growing up too quickly in shelters Watching the buzz-bombs Cross the sky Not knowing what friends Would die. My mother grieving For brothers...
by Sally Flood | Sep 8, 2010 | Poetry
Looking back! I remember a child, with gasmask and dreams on a train filled with strangers, so many fears, formed by speech where I lived, fear was the norm. Seeing the young boys in uniforms marching against fascism this maniac who wanted the world. Split from family...
by Sally Flood | May 7, 2010 | Poetry
Rain swept down from a cloudy sky after a week, sunny and dry would you believe a day out again after the sunshine, down comes the rain. Paddock wood in the county of Kent jeeps and tanks, a forties event, military regalia covered the spot where hops once grew, and...
by Sally Flood | Mar 12, 2010 | Poetry
“cry me a river, cry me a river I cried a river for you” The words from a bygone era running through my mind disturbing dreams of yesteryear, yet how poignant the words. In my minds’ eye I see the tide rise and fall, like the baton upon a drum steady, sometimes slow...
by Sally Flood | Dec 29, 2009 | Poetry
Have you seen a building collapse? brick by brick flames engulf the debris enough to make you sick, standing in the shelter a memory I keep a country then at war nightmares in my sleep. The wardens were kept busy fire-watching through the night, boys and men were...
