Falklands Poems - Poems about Falklands

LETS TANGO

...LETS TANGO

Nobody said, Let’s go to war
But an invasion, well I never
An Atlantic territory, remote
Who’d respond, they thought
Or perhaps get overwrought
Eight thousand miles by boat
Surely...

Blown Fuse

...Blown Fuse

I won’t be parading to honour the dead.

Something’s gone pear-shaped inside my head.

All the guilt and confusion that have built through the years

Have b...

Next Fight

...Next Fight
How easy is it for countries who are friends
To become enemies and go to war?
Like Britain and Argentina in the 80s
Argentina bought British warships
Their crews trained here in 81
B...

100 Years On

...One hundred years ago in 1921
The 15th of May a new charity begun
Amalgamating  charities of which there were  4
The Royal British Legion set up to aid those from the great war.

Earl Haig and T...

An Auld Scottish Matelot On Lockdown In Malta

...An Auld Scottish Matelot on Lockdown in Malta
 
The Maltese Government says we are not to go oot
 A mere doddle to us auld yins who have been aboot
Cod War, Falklands, Gulf War and more
Assume N...

Winnie

...Corona virus 

Corona virus; we cannot trust
Hundreds already have become dust
Millions fought back the death's spell
Conquering corona, now living well

Humans greed for sentient foods
And t...

The King Reigns

...Penguins are beautiful creatures
one of the most elegant is the king
second only to Emperor in size
stands up to 100cm an amazing thing

The king's diet comes mainly from the sea
having appetit...

The All-Time Greatest Great Britain

...This small island civilization,
its empire was the largest creation,
with the widest trade connection,
there are mixed views of our colonization.

Many modern countries exist because of the Brit...

Falklands

...An Island
Of beauty and intrinsic history
Penguins and rustic sheep
A war by evil dictator that made us weep

The British defended the locals with flair
A war with the criminals, no shoes in de...

Remember Those Fallen

...REMEMBERANCE POEM
(penned by Gordon AKA Alex Alexander R Sigs 1987 –2013)

Alas it is that time of year
When we all shed a tear
For absent soldiers who went before
In far away lands fighting a ...

They Were

...They Were
They were boys going over the top to die in their tens of thousands in the mud of the Somme.                                                                                                ...

Hip Hip Hooray

...Hip Hip Hooray

              Hip Hip Hooray for today Naseby Day!
             
              On these Northamptonshire fields in the middle of England

              in 1645 (given a calendar chang...

War Crime

...Echoes of bullets and old bombs invade,
So long forgotten by those on parade.
Their hopes and dreams lie shattered, caked in blood,
Unsung, our heroes left to die in mud.
Old news repeats another lov...

Mail Puzzle

...MAIL   PUZZLE

Indians call India  Bharat, so now you know.  
And the Chinese call China   Zhong-Guo
Islands are called Malvinas by some guys,
And Falklands by those with different  ties. 
Cong...

Epitaph To Fallen Heroes

...As we rallied to the Falklands cry,
And prepared ourselves to fight and die,
Some willing, some pressed, some volunteers,
All with deep down hidden fears.
Gangways gone, Hawser sip,
Sail Intrepi...

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