I wrote this poem many years ago.

It was published by Ars Poetica & online

by Poetry Quay. I wonder where those

publications are now.

However, I'm glad to air the poem again. 

I hope you enjoy it.

VOICES FROM THE PAST 

She sent a card

In sympathy for Tom's death

with a note attached.

She had got religion

and wanted to atone

for the affair she and Tom

had in that mining town

forty years ago. 

Our children were in nursery school.

I thought she was my friend

But in preserving

her peace of mind

she has shattered mine.

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Book Two in the Walara series.

Danny and Will Hennessy join the forces and go to fight in WW2, leaving their father, Jack Hennessy, to manage the huge Walara property on his own.