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A collection of poems linked to the theme of music.

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Stephen Lawrence, a poem

Letters of outrage but

Words cannot bring him back and

Sentences can never be long enough.



Books will be written,

Television programmes made,

Documentaries and analysis on rolling news,

For a young life so needlessly lost.



Shed no tears for his loss

Nor mourn with his family,

It is done. He is gone.



Cry, instead, for a broken society, OUR broken society,

Producing bigots, nurturing their hate, fuelling their ignorance,

And harbouring them from justice for years.


Books will be written,

Television programmes made,

Documentaries and analysis on rolling news,

For a young life so needlessly lost.



Sentences can never be long enough,

Words cannot bring him back.



Robert Steadman
3rd January 2012
The day the murderers of Stephen Lawrence were eventually found guilty

REMEMBRANCE: Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

Kenneth Branagh reading Anthem for Doomed Youth

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds

BOOKS: Kindle update

I now have 3 books available on Kindle.

Things That Go Bump In The Night - A Collection of Poetry for Hallowe'en 
A selection of classic poetry for Hallowe'en.

All You Have To Do Is Listen
Original poetry linked to the subject of music.

Snow Angels
A children's Christmas fantasy ideal to read to little ones at bedtime.