Tag: Character Study

I wrote this poem over thirty five years ago when I was living in Ireland. It’s my second response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study    And whose are these eyes Sunk in thick-brimming liquid oblivion? And whose are these mouths, Uncontrollable rubber bands Chewing on unspoken words They spit tastelessly back in the glass? […]

My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Character Study   At just eighteen He was a survivor Of the Boer War And then, at thirty, The Great War, A Colour-Sergeant Major And one-time member, Scarlet dress-coat And bear-skin wearer Of the Queen’s Guard. Returning home from France, Away from the thunder Of guns that blew […]