Cordite Poems - Poems about Cordite

...Before the day turned into night when morning dawn seemed clear and bright. Before, the taste of spent cordite lingered around one more bomb site. We sang of love, no war, but peace why should......Read the rest...

...** An exercise: write a sonnet in iambic pentameter. With heavy heart, I offer my remorse, for I'm too tired to dance this weary eve. The echoes of my workday's tireless chores linger, ......Read the rest...

...A warning National day, every country has one, when they are allowed to wave their flags, get drunk, and indulge in latent xenophobia When the people (otherwise kept in the dark) are allowed t......Read the rest...

...The armament Awakening into the harsh light of blinding loyalty. Jubilation and flags. Soldiers synchronized Stirring talks, hateful lies told La vie en la rose someone sings to stall time......Read the rest...

...The days of our discontent The rain had fallen sharply and heavy flooding roads fields had become lakes, and cars looked like toys thrown away by an unrestrained boy child. From the inside lo......Read the rest...

...Ranks of glossy printed editions squeezed into a concertina of space. The acrylic smell of new books is cordite to my nose. Then in softer contrast, the musky ambiance of the old and well-thum......Read the rest...

...August Promise Every year I say, come August and I will go to Norway but every you’re the flight ticket goes up, when mulling this over it is suddenly, September wonder-full is the weather of ......Read the rest...

...Lay me to rest in marbled halls with angels at my head, not lying here in the mud of Ypres with khaki turning red. Let me die a noble death, one that's worth fighting for, not to avenge a nobleman......Read the rest...

... None to comfort none to save Broken splendid total naïve Battle worn and leather bound Gasping groaning final sound Mixing rapid blasted fine Frontline wasted shattered mind Fusing......Read the rest...

...The ‘classics’ section is not small. Ranks of tightly printed editions squeeze a concertina of time. The glossy acrylic smell of new books is cordite to my nose, I dodge a graphic array of explo......Read the rest...

...The roar in his ears was fading now, Not much longer the sergeant said. The stink of cordite was fading now, As he looked around at all the dead. The shroud of smoke was fading now, The gunfire ......Read the rest...

...''Take The Kings Shilling'' Volunteers brisk march to a drumming refrain, Men to war some inches to gain. To ''Not forget''; we now chose to review, Why did they go? Three feather......Read the rest...

...July moon, third quarter, patrols the night. Pierces smoky haze, phosphor and cordite. No crump of shell or rattle of gunfire just stillness, man made brambles, wooden posts and wire. Not so muc......Read the rest...

...THE LION OF JUDAH Lightning bursts from the sky Electricity sizzles The smell of cordite fills the air. A spatter of rain forms large drops on the dusty ground. Black clouds form a backdrop to......Read the rest...

...We remember them on this day Those who fell in war The men who came from far away To fight forever more They stood for freedom duty bound Walked together one and all Pride and smiles were see......Read the rest...