bicycle scouts (Remove filter)
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
Recent Comments
Graham Sherwood on Draft Dodger
5 minutes ago
Tom Doolan on I Remember Joy
1 hour ago
John Coopey on A Sense Of You
3 hours ago
John Coopey on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
3 hours ago
John Coopey on POO IN THE LOO
3 hours ago
David RL Moore on Draft Dodger
3 hours ago
John Coopey on SPRING CAFE
4 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on The indefinite sentence
4 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Bungalow Dreaming
5 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Final visit? ( fictional )
5 hours ago