Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the end of war in Europe, VE Day. I was going to repost a poem about my father in that day but I ended up revising it instead. You can read the last attempt here.
8th MAY 1945
The Ivy Benson band will not play
in the Alexandra club this evening
everyone is too busy celebrating
the end of the war in Europe
The conflict has taken Charlie
from Runcorn to Rome in
two thousand and seventy seven days
with many stops in between
Tonight is a little sigh
a brief respite in hostilities
Charlie parties with the band
tomorrow will take care of itself
The Ivy Benson Band was an all female big band. The story is true, they did not take to the stage that night but partied the night away in the Alexandra Club along with my father. Here's what they sounded like.
And I cannot close without a reprise of D-Day Dodgers.
Until next time.
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