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poor little lambs
An old man, sat with his back against a dry stone wall
That ran the entire length of a high steel ridge, over looking the river Darrent in the county of Kent.
A great swaythe of red poppies, the soldiers flower covered several acres of the ridge
And besides the poppies, a great cross had been cut out of the chalk that lay only inches beneath the soil.
The old man was a survivor, one of the...
Monday 21st August 2017 9:39 am
The Bicycle Scout (21st August 1914)
The Bicycle Scout (21st August 1914)
bicycle wheel spins in blood drenched Belgian hops
as the echo of a gunshot fades away
behind the gorse hedgerow Private John Parr drops
amid the yellow hypnotic summer sway
he is the first scythe-cut of Britain’s young crops
many come to deathly harvest from this day
and when the madness eventually stops
for him, and those that follow, the world will...
Monday 7th April 2014 7:34 pm
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