by Adam Stone | Oct 30, 2017 | Poetry
A sea of grey What a price to pay A long time has passed, but our memories should last. Rows of the very brave, their lives they gave. They died for us, their bodies lie in the graves today, most still nameless. So wear your poppy with pride, for all those brave men...
by Don Holmes | Aug 3, 2017 | Poetry
One hundred years and still we fail The fallen dead of Passchendaele Who fought a war to end all wars Believing in their righteous cause Yet year on year we fight again Inflicting misery and pain Those Spirits of The First World War Must wonder what their death was...
by Maya Hillier | Apr 10, 2017 | Poetry
The Grass is Green The sky is Blue But danger enters too Guns are firing Lives are lost Each day more and more Families praying To save themselves But the bomb goes off The ground gets rough Fighting gets tough But in 1945 Some flowers grow As red as blood As black as...
by Kevin M Welsh | Mar 29, 2017 | Poetry
To you who send our kin to war, When they are fallen you need not; Doff the headdress; Bow the head; Stand to in the stillness; Lower the flag; Muffle the bells; Toll the knell; Beat the drum roll; Skirl the funereal air; Shuffle the slow march; Sound the last post;...
by Kevin M Welsh | Mar 29, 2017 | Poetry
Soldiers fight… not Because they hate Their enemies: They fight because They love their friends.
