Category Archives: Death

Lost Gardeners

Posted on 21 March, 2020 by PoetJanstie

There was such hustle and bustle where now reflective calm. In the thunderbox room nearby the melon yard haunting echoes of silent voices once green fingers that pressed a trigger for King and country, gently call from an early grave, … Continue reading →

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Posted in conservation, courage, Death, Elegy, Free Verse, green, History, Hope, Love, melancholy, nature, nostalgia, poetry, War | Tagged Gardening, hope, renewal, sadness, War | 1 Comment

One of A Kind

Posted on 19 March, 2018 by PoetJanstie

Is she the last of a generation …? Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Death, Elegy, family, Free Verse, poem, poetry | Tagged Death, Loss, Poetry, sadness | 5 Comments

Big Questions

Posted on 31 July, 2017 by PoetJanstie

They could not see the end of their noses the end of the last century the end of infantry and cavalry of Boys Own battles and yet they stand today in ceremony, the successors and descendants of those, who may … Continue reading →

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Posted in Death, Free Verse, poem, political, sadness, War | Tagged Battles, Death, Poem, Poetry, Soldiers, War | Leave a comment

A Ritual for Peace

Posted on 11 November, 2016 by PoetJanstie

If there were ever worthier cause than this, then tell me please. To start and think how each and every step we take will mark the ground. Enduring footprints, howsoever small, one day will rise in thousands, coalesce into a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blank Verse, Death, Hope, Love, poetry, Preachy, Religious, War | Tagged Love, Reconciliation, Truth, War | 4 Comments

The Major

Posted on 18 June, 2015 by PoetJanstie

On the night before the battle,
a letter to his wife still wets the eyes
and we shed tears two hundred years on. Continue reading →

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Posted in courage, Death, family, poetry | Tagged Battles, Death, Love, Poem, Poetry, sadness, Soldiers, War | 3 Comments

These Stones

Posted on 18 February, 2014 by PoetJanstie

These Stones. – A poem to commemorate how war penetrates all aspects of human life, in all corners of our world, however remote … over at The Bardo Group

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A Dog’s Life

Posted on 1 May, 2013 by PoetJanstie

(for Jazz) Your soft and furry skin was like a prize that felt as if it were a therapy, reward for when we were too short of time to pander to your young demands, and yet you never once gave … Continue reading →

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Posted in age, animals, Blank Verse, Death, family, Love, melancholy, poem, poetry, sadness | 32 Comments

All, Save One

Posted on 29 January, 2013 by PoetJanstie

[This poem was written for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27th January 2013, and is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. It was recently inspired by Rachel Lucas’ very well written blog post – Mozartsgirl’s Reflection and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Death, Fear, Hope, poem, poetry, sadness, War | 31 Comments

Phobiaphobia

Posted on 14 October, 2012 by PoetJanstie

The fear of death, arachnophobia the fear of falling off the edge of life, the threatening spectre only you, left on your own to hedge the demons dancing on your shoulder weighed down by stomach muscle spasm at sight of … Continue reading →

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As If…

Posted on 1 February, 2012 by PoetJanstie

He was muttering as if he was trying to describe a vision he couldn’t share with her; with anyone. It was of something he’d never seen before this moment; a moment when she saw a look on his face that … Continue reading →