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Dark Poetry #5

Gresford 1934

SUPERSAINT71
New Member

since 2010-10-12

Posts 9

0 posted 2010-10-12 08:04 AM

This sorry landscape cannot begin to explain
The story of what lies beneath the still earth
A generation of utter loss, just tears no mirth
Of a legacy back-filled with perpetual pain

It is here that my grandfather hewed
To provide for his family without objection
Alongside his brothers, never posing a question
Of these sorrowful words to which we now allude

Dear old fate is such an unforgiving hand
Always dealt without prejudice or favour
Life extinguished, irrespective of behaviour
Spreading untold grief across this pleasant land

Treasures of the deep a sacrifice too far
For those who perished without a fight
Entombed in the abyss, such was their plight
In succumbing to this silent yet deadly war.

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2010-10-12 12:06 PM

This was a great story. It is a shame how war, and want take their tole.

Welcome to Passion.

Words are weapons, toss them with care.
~ Mysteria ~

Pixie Wales
Junior Member

since 2010-07-29

Posts 21
UK

2 posted 2010-11-06 10:26 PM

Hi SUPERSAINT71

I just wanted to congratulate you on this poem.

Am I correct in presuming that this is about the Gresford Mining Disaster? I am from the area (but my memory for dates is not great, sorry).

Anyway, looking forward to reading more.

PixieWales

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