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Our first book containing poems which were voted in by members of our organisation and those visiting the site.
Our Patron Dame Vera Lynn was our guest of honour at the launch of our first book of poetry "Voices of the Poppies". The event took place at 3pm on the 1st of November 2008 in the Jubilee Library in Brighton. Members of the press and a limited number of public tickets were able to attend the packed event.
To order a copy of our book, please click on the type of book you wish to purchase below and that will take you to the publishers website where you can purchase a copy.
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What will happen with the proceeds from this book?
Once our publishing costs are covered, this is what we hope to achieve.
1. We will overhaul the sites and make them all DDA compliant so visually impaired people can access and use the sites too.
2. We hope to design a better method of moderating/publishing the poems and stories. (This will be including translation costs too).
2. Costs such as printing, stationery and other such requirements need to be assessed and budgeted for.
3. We want to either hire counselors or pay for one or two of our members to become counselors and pay them for their services.
4. Offer a monthly salary to our moderators for the work they do, a simple contract of employment with extremely flexible hours to suit. (a sort of flexi time basis of "X" hours a month or where each mod records their hours online and we pay accordingly).
When all administrative costs are accounted for we intend to offer financial support to other charities (ideally forces/services related). However, we are an “international” organisation so we are very keen to help American, British and organisations from ANY other country.
The poets and their poems are as follows
Poet |
Poem |
A B Jones |
Clouds |
A. R. Lewis |
Pit Ponies And Fireflys |
Albert Forsyth |
The Ghosts Of Bridgnorth |
Alexandrine |
Pool |
Alice Walker (Age 9) |
In The Trench |
Alison Mitchell |
Another Mans War! |
Amanda Rapley-Redfern |
Clouds |
Amanda Rapley-Redfern |
The Pansy |
Amy (aged 7) |
My Daddy |
Andy |
Thanks To You |
Andy Cook |
Poppy WWI |
Anna Bartlett |
The Futility Of War |
Anne-Marie Spittle |
A Promise Is A Promise |
Annie Taylor |
Daddy’s Gone |
Brian Keith Bilverstone |
Whispers In My Mind |
Chris Dickson |
Less We Forget |
Chris Green |
Kitchener’s Man |
Christie Bowman |
Josie’s First Day |
Connor McInnis (Age 13) |
My Dad At Sea |
David Killelay |
Kitchen |
Deb Tainsh |
No Matter The Years |
Dennis Shrubshall |
Royal British Legion |
Derek Blackburn |
The Eyes Of A Child |
Emma Deborah Schmittner (age 12) |
We Shall Be Strong |
Gordon Smith |
A Cry For Help |
Graham Cordwell |
Years On |
Graham Knight |
To Ben |
Heidi L Cristman |
The Long-Awaited Night |
James 2W |
Christmas |
James Love |
Why |
Jan Hedger |
Absolution |
Jane mac |
For Dad |
Jennifer Hyslop |
Christmas at War |
John A Silkstone |
High Society Dreamer |
John Sinclair |
An Angel Came To Visit Today |
Judith Schofield |
The Face |
Kayleigh Carey |
Scared |
Kevin M Welsh |
Stormin’ Norman |
Larry Taylor |
Black And White |
Lisa Robinson |
Granddad |
Mac Macdonald |
A Soldiers Wish |
Mark Wiggins |
Thinking Of You Thinking Of Me |
Martyn |
Cry |
Michaela Turner |
Soldiers Prayers |
Mick Heywood |
A Hero Soldier |
Mikael Hall |
Another Year Wasted |
Morrison 1976 |
The Moon Your Mirror |
Murdock |
Our Hearts and Minds |
Nick Taylor |
First Days |
Paddy Slevin |
How Far To Lashkar Gah? |
Paddy Slevin |
A Soldier’s Kind Of Christmas |
Peter D Bruffell |
I Dreamed A Dream |
Peter John Macdonald |
Where Is He? |
Peter Southern |
Let Me Lie |
Poppy Slevin (Age 10) |
The Rainforest Story |
Robert Jenkins |
Funny |
Roberta Coelho |
The Knock |
Roland Gardner |
The Last Of The Few |
Ruby (Age 11) |
Think |
Ruth Bourne (age 11) |
Saying Goodbye To Daddy |
Ruth Rayment |
Forgive Me Brother |
Sammy |
Sleep |
Sandy |
My Sergeant Major |
Sland |
He Doesn’t Mean It |
Stephen Hill c. |
Pearl Of Despair Pge |
Susan Pullar |
Bomb Watch In Armagh |
The old git ROATS |
Connor |
The Sandman |
The Mask We Wear |
Tina Howarth |
A Special Friend |
Tina-Marie Loveridge (age 10) |
My Poem Of Colour |
Tom Mcgreevy |
The Det |
Vincent Campbell |
An Ode To The Red Tops |
Wayne Shenton |
A Proud Corps? |
Wendy Shone |
A Single Poppy |
Will Kevans |
Believe |
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