They Also Serve
“They also serve who only stand and wait” ~John Milton June 26th. Still fighting. June 29th. We routed the last of their forces from the forest. We can see every limb beneath the…
Tag: War
Idle Dreams
He came to her in the darkness And he laid his head on her breast ‘I dreamed’ he said, ‘of the strangest things Of stars and waters and mysteries, And by all the pagan gods…
Reaching for the Sky: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Pilots of the Caribbean
As an American with a profound interest in the United Kingdom, among the things which fascinates me is the interplay of society and culture between our two countries. Going further as a black person, I…
The Only One: A Poem Dedicated to Homeless Veterans
Am I the only one who notices your eyes Cracked open by the war? Young against the pain Spilled out with the grief Dried up in the coming home Dropped to the ground And forgotten…
More than Memory
Is there a day when bruises heal, War's fingerprints cease to reveal A frail survivor left alone, The loneliness that I now feel? - And is this grieving all my own, Locked within my skin…