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6th May 2023, 01:06 AM
#11
Re: Late Salutes - a poem
Hi Harry.
Loved those poems great prose. When I was in a writing group up Vernon's way, I was taught how to write Haiku, wonderful way to relax, even though my wife hated them.
THanks for posting your poems.
Des
R510868
Lest We Forget
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6th May 2023, 06:15 AM
#12
Re: Late Salutes - a poem
Yes Vernon, old man plod is not what he once was.
Recall the Cape Town lads, nice as long as you behaved.
Now female police some barely 5 foot tall, beards and even the odd Turban.
Not as tough and even though now armed here as you know, frightened to use them in case some one gets hurt.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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