Long Raf Poems

We turned off before reaching Kings Lynn and headed down a road that would take us to Henderson Aerodrome a local flying school, we were waved through the main gate and headed onto the main...

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I volunteered for service in the RAF in early 1942,
When I’d just become 18 and got three shillings a day;
I became a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner right through,
And was then sent home to await training, the...

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She Defeated Death
She should have left the city when the chance was there.                      ...

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A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA (Fitton Hill Story Group)
When we were little we would all gather                    ...

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Cuba…Mamma Mia…like most of the Caribbean; part of the 1492 slam…
Slavery, sugar plantations… invasions, upheaval, independence…
Then the American kisses; with a slight twist…who initiated the ’disses’…?
Was it Blaine…is he insane…?
Was it Marti…the heart of the...

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My uncle went to West Point Military Academy, 
Was the second US citizen to be a licensed pilot, 
So I thought my knowledge would help everybody, 
So I became an Eagle, an American RAF pilot....

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RAF navigator Ron Day and I took of from Banff, Scotland,
I was in the RAAF, an Australian, and we flew in formation:
40 Mosquitos to attack German ships in Norway land,
In a harbour, Porsgrunn, but then...

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Continuation of Brodsky’s History of the Twentieth Century 

1918.  A flu pandemic in Spain takes hold, 
From Kansas over the seas in America bold, 
Women’s suffrage win the vote, 
Their opinion is not remote,...

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Drones abound the London sky 
Search lights stray and flick to something and nothing
The bicycle dings its bell every sixth house 
As the warden swishes his front tyre left and right up the empty evening...

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Exodus on a massive scale
1940 under assail
Three hundred thousand
Fathers and sons
Dunkirk evacuation
From the Hun
 
Armada 
Not seen for hundreds of years
To save our hero's, relay their fears
1500 ships of many sorts
Arrived on mass
Naval escort
 
British...

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AA     TO     DF,    THE COMPLETE    LIST  
   

AA  automobile association – UK’s best
AB  Alberta  -...

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The character of a hero is one to covet
Through hard work, and exceptional courage
A man of distinction you cannot miss.
Noble full of strength to achieve his goal
Doing all possible according to his ability
One aim, one...

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Lancaster formations
One two and three
To attack the dams
Off Industrial Germany
 
Targets to hit
In the Ruhr valley
Power providers
Canal alley
 
RAF Scampton
Near Lincoln they load
This barrelled bomb
Bounced to explode
 
Runway lined
Engines roar
Crews ready 
Tally Ho!
 
Flying low...

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Micro-particular molecular particles whose properties carry less mass at any given time typically are airborne, only to be respired and absorbed through means of respiration. 
Exhaled only to be once again; inhaled. 
Trapped inside inner...

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Ultima Thule by Jimmy Boom Semtex


ISBN: 978-1-326-14210-0

from my new book under my pen name

Lakes
Living in a world of memories. I remember our holidays in the Lake District in my auntie's cottage. Going to mountain warplane...

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When Jack was six he took up judo, 
‘Cos he lived on an RAF base, NI, 
Where only ballet and judo existed, 
For kids with much energy to hand.  

His mum sent him to...

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Dropping bombs 

During the World War 2, there was a town in the west of Norway
that also had a passable airport where German planes could take off
and shoot at things near the British coast.
RAF tried...

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My freedom, my interactivity, 
I owe to you and your stickability, 
Tho’ you be dead and dumb to me, 
You have a voice in my vocality. 

The cemeteries and the epitaphs, 
Are the courage and...

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Whilst Jon-Allan was out Iraq to warfare ban, 
In 2007 he sustained an injury, rocket attack, 
So that doctors had to amputate his left arm, 
But after rehab he continued the sport’s crack. 

He’d been...

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One night I saw an unusual sight
gliding across the sky,
moving along quite slowly
and it didn’t seem very high.

Shining like a beam of light
but silent as a cloud,
surrounded by a pale blue mist
which acted as a...

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SQUADRON LEADER 945017

I was paralyzed with fear as I heard footsteps draw near
Perspiration running down my cheek
Fingers trembled, heartbeats so clear
Panic stricken and feeling very weak
Mentally fascinated at what I would see
I visualized many strange...

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At 6 A.M. I heard the news
And the updated score
Of a tennis game just being played
On the Australian shore.

The match was close to over,
Competition at its height.
How weird that I was waking up
While there it...

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Showers light or hard
bring cleansing and a pause
to your current ritual 
forcing amnesia of your flaws. 

A gift from up above
to remind your of your love
to lay back and paddle back
to memories you don't speak...

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