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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

by David Subacchi

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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

 

This man won medals for bravery

Served in a world war

Mourned for his dead comrades but never

Complained about it

Came home, collected his demob suit

Walked away whistling

Determined to make the best of it

 

This other man lost a limb, didn’t care

That you would notice

Completed his education then

Went on to hack it

Never asked for...

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Friday 15th November 2013 8:21 pm

David Subacchi   Liverpool poetry   Welsh Poets   WALES.Aberystwyth

HOME TOWN

by David Subacchi

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HOME TOWN

Aberystwyth
a mouthful of a name
meeting of two rivers
that flow into the sea
Aberystwyth
youthful memories of
a town still tugging
at my sleeve like
the hauling of nets
bursting with fish
the smell of diesel
and blood on the
harbour wall
Aberystwyth
all caravans and students,
churches, castles, seagulls,
soggy ice creams,
postcards, monuments
a...

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Sunday 1st September 2013 5:27 pm

WALES.Aberystwyth   Liverpool poetry   Liverpool Poets

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