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THE CHARITIES THAT OUR POETS HAVE NOMINATED SO FAR
MS (twice); Cancer Research; Rutherford School; Crohn’s & Colitis; British Heart Foundation; SCOPE; Revialize; Shekinah; Versus Arthritis; WWF; Alzheimer’s Society; AMAZE; Sutton Nightwatch; Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health; BRAKE; MIND (three times); Children’s Hospice South West (Little Harbour); Independent Lives; SSAFA; MNDA and Bob Champion Cancer Charity.
Our Brave Hero…
If We could take it all away and do this in your place
If We could find a better way for these obstacles you face
If We could say the words to tell you that you are so brave
If We could find a right way for you to be standing at OUR grave
If We could lay there in your place it would be how it should
If We could change the path you’re on We absolutely would.
But…
We can make your life complete and happy as can be
We can hold you in our arms and our love you can see
We can take you on adventures untold because you deserve the best
We can show you that life is not just pain, hospitals and tests
We can show you how to find wonder and say goodbye to your fears
We can cheer you on and help you through, whilst wiping away your tears
We will show you fun and laughter more than you can take
We will stand beside you and make you strong even if you break
We will show you no limits on this life for you deserve great times
We will stand here at your side and carry you in the climbs
Adventures await you darling boy, just as it should be
Life is short but fun, just you wait and see
Poem submitted by Tricy Wood – whose favourite charity is SSAFA
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Ready, aim, fire
Between the order and execution
the message scrambles.
Alerted neurones hesitate, confused,
as weapons jam, formations break,
scatter directionless and lost.
Command repeats: forces must regroup,
make ready, rally for The Push.
Synapses sizzle as a circuit wakes,
transmits instruction down the line:
lift – bend – step – replace –
shift weight – repeat
Neurones mumble mutiny –
a memory stirs: what next?
best foot forward – by the right
ADVANCE
Poem submitted by Lynda Turbet – whose favourite charity is MNDA
“A BETTER WORLD”
Nobody is perfect,
That is a fact of living
Sad misunderstanding
Can foster great misgiving
But tolerance and common-sense
Will help to save the day
And calm a situation
To find a better way
In a patriotic nation
“Love of Country, Love of Life”
Has failed the test of history
And caused much human strife
Jingoistic tendencies
All seem well and good
But are not the best examples
And can be misunderstood
The human race takes many forms
In many different states
Different colours, cultures, idols – To whom belief relates
But we have one great thing in common We live upon a star
Human beings thro’ Millennium
Know just were they are
Humanity has entity
And simply has to show
That we must live together
On this planet that we know
If the world could only see
What unity is worth
It could create, “Eureka”
The “United states of Earth”
Poem submitted by Paul Zetter CBE – whose favourite charity is:
Bob Champion Cancer Ccharity