A CHIPPDE WALL RAMSGATE HARBOUR (WW1)
There's a brick chipped ,Ramsgate harbor work shops,
Many locals and visitors a like pass it by ,
Taken no notice of the chippie wall ,
A brick walls a brick wall after all said and dun ,
Not looking at the wall , those who do ,
Pay it little account , thinking of not why ,
Not knowing that a bomb or two were dropped ,
By German Gothers bomber planes , in 1917 ,
Kids were playing when the bombs fell ,
As I was told by my aunty Nell ,
Ran in to the workshop ,
A blast tore in killing and maiming the kids inside ,
My great aunty Nell was on the bottom of the heap of kids ,
Sustained a hit from a bomb in her leg ,
The shrapnel was to be with her all her life ,
Traveled all through her body , all her life ,
It was not till she had an X- Ray years later ,
Was the shrapnel found ,
May well of been the death of great aunty Nell ,
When she was 83 ,
Maybe aunty Nell was the last Ramsate casualty ,
Of world war one
Ken D Williams The Dyslexic Poet
Poetry by ken d williams
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Written on 2012-04-26 at 21:06
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