English Mountain Man

English Mountain Man

The English mountain man just died

He was a legend in his own time

The quaint little chapel by the hill was full

His remaining contemporary and friend was there

Paying his respects like the others

Remembering a man who was of the high ground

Tho he was down to earth and a peoples' person

The stone walls he built were straighter and just right

His solid legacy which will last forever

Long after his body is taken back to Nature

His home was below the mountains

Where he worked his entire life

From down the mine to the limestone quarry

To maintaining his part of road

Near his small farm with land and animals

And finally building stonewalls that amazed everyone

From fellow farmers to visiting hikers

I'd love to go back in time and meet him

One of England's last mountain men

Have a beer with him and listen to his stories

A man from a time and history now gone

I will always remember the mountain man

Especially when climbing his mountain...

REBEL JET

REBEL JET

Forty years after its birth the rebel F-20 is an angel of the sky.

Purple in colour to blind its enemy’s eyes, it has laser weapons

and thrust-vectored engines controlled by thought.

This is the craft for mercenaries flown by the daring

and 21^st century knights into battle –

they fight for the new republic and the ancient rebel way

against an old royal enemy as deadly as the devil.

info on my new book project

the book is called

Upside Fucking Down in a Blazing Manchester Bomber – Poems from My Life and More by Nick Armbrister

and will be out late 2020

heres a poem

Man Living in the Dustbin

There is a man who lives in a trash can

He’s a funny old character

Telling jokes and dancing a gig

Always happy and funky

He’s become a legend in his head

Something bigger than nothing

Following you to the store

And saying Hi then turning to go

Hoping you follow him

Then give him kindness

A sausage roll or bottled beer

The dustbin man who we see

Wondering why he lives this way

Sleeping in the bin his home

Very cosy if he ay say so

His dustbin down the alleyway

Where nobody will bug him

An ideal example of humanity

Living with a smile in his head

And setting the example

To always smile :)

Eventful War Nick Armbrister poem

They equipped him with a rifle so shoot far and wide

They equipped him with a boots to march onward in enemy lands

They equipped him with a uniform to represent his country

They equipped him with a sack of grenades to blow bunkers

They equipped him with a steel helmet for protection from shrapnel

They equipped him with a long bayonet for close quarters combat

They equipped him with a radio to receive orders from headquarters

They equipped him with a cigarette ration for you’ll soon be smoking

They equipped him with a box of condoms to protect his rifle and penis

They equipped him with a varied meal menu of Iron Rations of beef or pork

Soldier Types from my new book with link

Soldier Types

What type of man becomes a soldier?

All types of man from a baker to accountant

From the criminal offered either jail or the army

To the graduate who wanted to become a man

All signed up and were given a number

Along with a rifle and uniform and orders

Off to war they went aged 18-22

Keen to show they were ready and able

To kick both German and Japan where it hurt

This they did hundreds of times over

But after Germany and Japan kicked them

Killing their buddies and losing them battles

After these harsh lessons America stood up

Making a stand to do what was needed

Smash the Axis militaries two front war

First Imperial Japan and then Nazi Germany

But it was soon apparent that both were equal

One threat the same as the other

But different in their make up

Yet the same in their fighting intent to win

Both were heavy weight opponents

With skill and tenacity and a knockout will

This was the nature of the enemy to fight

The Army of Democracy stood up

And took on the challenge to be victorious

Once and for all even if it took forever

And cost every single soldier his young life

They started the war we’d finish it

from my new book https://www.amazon.com/Eventful-War-Nick-Armbrister-ebook/dp/B07NX295ZM/ref=sr_1_1/147-4668782-7800355?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550841390&sr=1-1&refinements=p_27%3ANick+Armbrister&fbclid=IwAR2SmPloUbqLubSeImqhI7eGbDiYNrH35Cw03n4rDMgCqMEcKaijzxdWAek

DC-3

DC-3

A Post-War design classic with the looks of an actress.

Silver alloy cool taking you cross country.

Fancy a holiday?

Fly off in a Douglas DC-3.

The height of style and Art Nouveau cool.

It's speed and range revolutionized air travel.

There wasn't nothing like it before except the beautiful Boeing 247.

Hundreds of civilian ones were made but war ended that.

Giving the DC-3 its finest hour as thousands were built.

Called C-47 Skytrain, they gained immortality over Arnhem and Normandy.

Dropping paratroops and flying in supplies for the army.

Braving Flak and enemy fighters.

Shoot downs and crashes were common but they were always there.

In the middle of the battle doing what it did best, being a flying workhorse.

One survived being rammed by a Japanese fighter.

Others flew over The Hump, risking storms and four mile high mountains.

A few went missing with their crews, never to be found.

The aircraft was that good it was copied by the Soviets and Japanese.

After the war an improved version was built but it wasn't needed.

Thousands of war vet transports were cheaply available.

They flew through the decades, on and on and on.

Now in the 21st Century there are hundreds still in service.

Regular passenger flights are flown in Canada and Columbia.

A testament to Douglas' legendary DC-3 design.

Fitted with turboprop engines, they still proudly serve.

Some will fly for a hundred years or more.

The world's first airliner to achieve that feat.

Stylish yet simple, historical yet humble, this is the DC-3.

Detonate the Night from my new anti war ebook

Detonate the Night

The attack came with the ferocity of war

War like only we can know

For we knew this moment was coming

But we didn’t think it would be so

Bad in the way that death is final

And all knowing that life ceases

When enemy explosive discharges on our positions

All we can do is to wait it out and endure

Those who survive must be ready to resist

Throw our enemy back from whence he came

But killing him is more preferable to that

For he will return in twenty years like he has done now

We will bear his bombardment and emerge

Then we will defeat him and smash his army and weapons

And savage his homeland as he does ours and we will win

Once the shells stop we will rally those who remain

And we will charge his guns so Victory is ours

from my new anti war ebook Eventful War by Nick Armbrister Kindle Edition