Best Ve Poems

A farewell never passed
Our valediction lost to the winds
A lifetime of rage and anguish
Flowing hotly upon the detriment
And breaching.
Though not without conflict
It is under the shadow of war
Within these shattered burnt ruins 
Remains the anguish
Of sixty three years
A recollection that seeps into the void
Of my...

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Suffering with a toothache
Started on the weekend
Appointment on Monday
See the Dentist at ten

This was no wimpy ache
A “King Kong” of a hurt
I kept on popping pills
Still pain would not avert

By that Monday morning 
Pain spreading through my chin
At the end of my rope
Somehow this pain...

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I remember it as if were yesterday
VE Day...well, not exactly
but, close enough for me
The actual surrender of Italy
May 2, 1945....but the damn Americans
Always the Americans wanted May 8
So, it's May 8th, but I'll always remember the second
We were in Milan...I love Milan
Hitler was dead, Mussolini...

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Korktugum hikayem
Yasanmamis ruyam
Terkedilmis umidim

Yine dogarim  umide
Yururum yalniz yollari
Sessizce  ve kardesce

Gunun dogan isigi umit
Hareleri suda ve dalda
Isigi duser anilar  hayata...

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U  N~ BE L I(e)VE  


What if I told you to  u n b e l i e v e?
O p e n the doors and let all your t r u t h s leave. 
Take what you think means your...

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You say that i should have a seat and should not speak
That God did not intent for us to meet and set on the same seat
I could have been a Man if God would have wanted me to be but instead he 
pulled your rib...

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When I awoke this morning the sun
was shinning so bright, I couldn’t believe
it for it should have be dark and gloomy…

Birds’ singing on high, singing in the
spring, this is not right for it should
be quiet and bleak…

I went to sit in that big old chair
cradling...

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many died  fighting 
nazi ideology ~
we owe them so much



Written on 8th May 2020....

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I'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

Too slow.....no mo'

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Not bright.....took fright...

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I 'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE---


I’ve been there before;
Yet I’ve open the door;
And I walked on in;
With my feet on the floor;
Took my shoes off;
As I gazed at the cross
I’ve been there before;
Lost a loved one by death
Yet, there really not gone yet
Their body in the...

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 Exactly eighty years ago today
Came the valiant, victorious VE Day
We celebrate in commemoration 
Of the day that brought each our salvation.  

Amid the joy there is also sorrow
For those who never saw a tomorrow
They had bravely fought for each of our sakes
Staring dangerous...

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75 Years ago this day, the world held its breath
Germany finally gave way, lost its grip of death
Guns fell silent on the battle lines of grief
Soldiers on both sides cried out with relief
The war is done, going home to Mum
Going home to wives and sweethearts
Going...

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Mr. Down, you’ve got a vicious daughter.
Girls this mean lay my emotions bare.
I am so glad she doesn’t like me now.
She is clever enough, but me she doesn’t mind.

She’s a snot and acts haughty, your daughter.
Please tell her I barely know her name.
Here’s the game,...

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‘I’ve got you.’
If you feel like you can’t go on?
‘I’ve got you.’
If you feel like you’re drowning?
‘I’ve got you.’

If you panic and you shouldn’t drive?
‘I’ve got you.’
Listen for my voice 
I promise I’ve got you;

I give you my most precious gift;
I give you my pen,
I...

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now that you’re away
now that you’re gone I’m alone
did not say a word

now you can’t be heard
on this plain, dead and gone, gone
you're physically…

you left me alone
you are no longer here gone
I should have said bye

these tears I cry, sigh..
on this plain I'm a witness
should...

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