Tyneham '43 Copyright © Richard J Whiting 2011

Villagers in Tyneham, Dorset, received notice in November 1943 that their village was to be used to train soldiers in the use of new weaponry. They had to leave by December 19th. They were promised that when peace was won, that they would be allowed back to their village. The population of Tyneham (Census 2001) was given as zero.

All along Post Office Row
Fingers opened envelopes;
Mouths quit eating,

Maternal Wisdom Copyright © Colin Whyles 2011

Perhaps I should have listened
when Mother dispensed wisdom
regarding fruit forbidden;

Whisper? Copyright © Reg Wright 2011

I hear a whisper as I walk
In the shadow of the Cedars
A whisper as I sit beneath their boughs

Finding Focus Copyright © R J Whiting

Tomorrow, theyʼd promised
To head for the coast…

Coins dropped in metallic rhyme.

Ladybird Copyright © Jen Overett 2011

When I was maker of your sky,
I sent you playing
Full of fiercest care,

The Well At Woolpit Copyright © Victor Weston 2011

is it credulous still to collect water
from the well at Woolpit?
hearsay has it was used for eye complaints

Kicks Copyright © Richard J Whiting

Before you consider yourself God;
Before the thunder-twins
Of music and engine

Then and Now Copyright © Thraves Thraveson 2011

The Room's golden ratio makes it special
the Oak panelling cut from trees
tended by many generations of foresters

"Sedges" revisited October 30 2010 Copyright © Victor Weston 2010

I saw from the road
the old cherry tree
outside my bedroom window