Tag Archives: Death

One of A Kind

Posted on 19 March, 2018 by PoetJanstie

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

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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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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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Twenty-Seven Years

Posted on 6 December, 2013 by PoetJanstie

As the West winds blew their fury the earth let out a cry; as if to deny expected truth, it was more than just a sigh. As if one life had greater value than all of this; all of the love … Continue reading →

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