FIONA SINCLAIR
80th Anniversary, VE Day.
Back in civvies they always carried
in a pocket of their minds,
remembrance of ‘the boys‘
for whom the toss of a coin
fell wrong side down.
Now, 80 years on, such memories
have one last outing for ceremonies
and media. Anecdotes put flesh
on the bones of names whose ages
doubled still make a paltry span,
told with tears that freely spill
from centenarian eyes,
as if, those mates who perished
did not begrudge their chums survival,
rather gifted forfeit years to them as legacy.
Fiona Sinclair has had several collections published by small presses in the UK. The most recent is Dinning with the dead published by Erbacce Press, Liverpool,
Unfortunately I have just spent the last seven days in hospital
after an injury, and haven't been able to process the September issue and will have to move it back to October. Sorry about this. I may not respond to your emails in the usual time as I am on strong meds.
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