Long Falklands Poems

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 British,
many justifiably say our actions were most brutish.
Some have hate...

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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 Intrepid, fighting ship!!
Long hard days, sleepless nights
Working hard to...

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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 Tom Lister...

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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 their craving for luxury goods
Led us to destroy the environment 
Purely,...

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

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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...

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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 war

From Ypres to...

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Hip Hip Hooray

              Hip Hip Hooray for today Naseby Day!
            ...

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The full moon shines
On Tomnahurich Hill
Even looking
Gives you the chill
 
The Fairy hill
Mound of the dead
When white silhouettes walk
The townsfolk dread
 
A ship lost at sea
Engulfed by the mass
The cries of their drown
Rise through the...

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The Gurkha's, warriors from Nepal
Who fought many battles, where many fell
They gave their lives
To a cause far from home
To protect and serve the British Throne
 
We seem to admit so many immigrant races
Who take the...

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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 appetite for lanternfish, squid and krill
so...

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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 despair
Democracy won and Argentina to...

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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. 
Congo?...

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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 love has gone,
And somehow...

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