23.05.2011, 12:12
Hello all
After reading "The War Poets" An Anthology of Great War Poems, I decided to write my own poem set in the great war.
I have never wrote a Peom before now so tell me what you think,
Enjoy them
The young soldier
There once was a fellow so young but brave
He never spoke nor smiled
Now he’s gone to the grave
He wanted to back to Blighty
To see his lover and say goodbyes
He only pondered one thing
To write poetry or sing
Then before a push one day
He refused and happened to say
“I shall not kill and dear old Hun
For they ain’t done nothing wrong”
For that the CO said
“Right oh now fix bayonets”
The young boy then sat on the step
And began to pray
Whilst kneeling there in silence
The CO pulled his gun
With gun to brain he said
“Now no one shall speak of you again”
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Completed 30/7/11
Gone West
Gone West…
Today a dear old chap
Put on his flying cap
Stepped into his kite
And prepared for his flight
He headed to the front
Ready to hunt
Not a cloud in the sky
He must have wanted to die
From out of know where
Who should appear
But a Hun
Straight from the sun
Our chap put up a fight…
But for it was a sad sight
With him slumped down
His kite hit the ground,
And now we replace
With youth in his face,
Ready to die for King and Country.
Planemad
After reading "The War Poets" An Anthology of Great War Poems, I decided to write my own poem set in the great war.
I have never wrote a Peom before now so tell me what you think,
Enjoy them
The young soldier
There once was a fellow so young but brave
He never spoke nor smiled
Now he’s gone to the grave
He wanted to back to Blighty
To see his lover and say goodbyes
He only pondered one thing
To write poetry or sing
Then before a push one day
He refused and happened to say
“I shall not kill and dear old Hun
For they ain’t done nothing wrong”
For that the CO said
“Right oh now fix bayonets”
The young boy then sat on the step
And began to pray
Whilst kneeling there in silence
The CO pulled his gun
With gun to brain he said
“Now no one shall speak of you again”
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Completed 30/7/11
Gone West
Gone West…
Today a dear old chap
Put on his flying cap
Stepped into his kite
And prepared for his flight
He headed to the front
Ready to hunt
Not a cloud in the sky
He must have wanted to die
From out of know where
Who should appear
But a Hun
Straight from the sun
Our chap put up a fight…
But for it was a sad sight
With him slumped down
His kite hit the ground,
And now we replace
With youth in his face,
Ready to die for King and Country.
Planemad