{"id":14573,"date":"2016-09-30T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/?p=14573"},"modified":"2016-09-30T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:40:49","slug":"p7-war-time-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/2016\/09\/30\/p7-war-time-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"P7 War time Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prisoner of War<br \/>\nBy Caitlin Healy<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nCaged within the encircling wire<br \/>\nHeart mind and soul afire<br \/>\nAfire with longing for things of home<br \/>\nThe glorious heaths once more to roam<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts come springing from far away<br \/>\nOf loved ones kiss, of children\u2019s play<br \/>\nVisions of comrades sharing the fight<br \/>\nClothed in khaki a strange garb for a knight<\/p>\n<p>Yet each one a crusader against power and lust<br \/>\nTill evil is humbled to the dust<br \/>\nThen free once more to roam<\/p>\n<p>Through flowered fields to an English home<br \/>\nAll heartbreak and sorrow past<br \/>\nLiving in peace<br \/>\nPerfect at last <\/p>\n<p><strong>Soldiers Farewell<br \/>\nBy Aimee Turner<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve saddled up, and dropped me hooch,<br \/>\nI\u2019m going to take the gap,<br \/>\nMy tour of Duty\u2019s over mates,<br \/>\nAnd I won\u2019t be coming back<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m done with digging shell scrapes,<br \/>\nAnd laying out barbed wire,<br \/>\nI\u2019m sick of setting claymore mines,<br \/>\nAnd coming under fire.<\/p>\n<p>So no more fire support base,<br \/>\nAnd no more foot patrols,<br \/>\nAnd no more eating ration packs,<br \/>\nAnd sleepin\u2019 in muddy holes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve fired my last machine gun,<br \/>\nAnd ambushed my last track,<br \/>\nI\u2019m sick of all the army brass,<br \/>\nAnd I sure ain\u2019t coming back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll hand my byonet to the clerk,<br \/>\nHe ain\u2019t seen one before,<br \/>\nAnd clean my rifle one more time,<br \/>\nAnd return it to the store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wartime Poem<br \/>\nFound by Michael Beagley<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nLooking Around<br \/>\nThe battle scene was harsh<br \/>\nBodies lay scattered on the ground<br \/>\nWith the nauseating scent of blood<br \/>\nSurrounding me<br \/>\nI can hardly see<br \/>\nFor smoke blinds my eyes<br \/>\nAnd as I look around, my heart sinks<br \/>\nAnd fills with sorrow<br \/>\nI want this battle to end<br \/>\nNoises of gunfire hurt my eardrums<br \/>\nPiercing and killing lives<br \/>\nThe images of falling<br \/>\nScar me for life<br \/>\nThis is the place of death<br \/>\nAnd I try hard to keep hope.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prisoner of War By Caitlin Healy Caged within the encircling wire Heart mind and soul afire Afire with longing for things of home The glorious heaths once more to roam Thoughts come springing from far away Of loved ones kiss, of children\u2019s play Visions of comrades sharing the fight Clothed in khaki a strange garb &hellip; 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