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I write because it changes me It causes me to think To go in search of meaning It is my food and drink   It’s going on a journey Walking every day Looking out for signs of life Spread along the way   I haven’t prayed just recently Not the way I should I needContinue reading “Pray Every Day”

Five days it took to cross the sea Queenstown to New York The age of steam and steam ships Glasgow city pride Magnificent constructions Glamorous too inside   RMS Caronia has a special place In my mind in my family Great Aunt Ellen took this ship June Nineteen O Nine Going to America And allContinue reading “All Who Sail In Her”

Like rushing to a station To find the train has gone I am catching up on stories long ago I felt a pang of sadness To hear that she had died So young so young In Chicago In the January snow   A birth with complications The little baby died Five days later Ellen tooContinue reading “I Found You”

John Paul dramatic actor powerful Pole Benedict professor hallowed hall Francis familiar friend Easy way All three good leaders in their day   Shepherd of the flock a vital task Keep the sheep together need you ask Father to a family Mother to a child Keep us safe from the wolf and wild   IContinue reading “Good Shepherds”

My father was a gunner in the army Long range snipers Royal Artillery Firing shells at enemies Obliteration game Damaged hearing in the end Couldn’t hear the same   Verbal salvoes rent the air We are snipers all Firing at each other Shell bursts verbal maul For us or against us Time to make yourContinue reading “Long Range Snipers”

My son proposed to Holly In the gardens of Versailles Quite the romantic Well done! son of mine Later he lit a candle In the cathedral of Notre Dame Remembering his mother At that time   A marriage and a death Commemorated Important To do these things with style We celebrated Margaret In her passingContinue reading “Milestones”

Today I’d say is as lovely as it gets A bright November day Last night the night was cold This morning sunshine bright Sky of blue no breath of wind Not a cloud in sight   Dumyat and the Ochils Stand clear against the sky I climbed it once with Margaret And Michael – heContinue reading “Still Life In Stirling”

Jesus means business He isn’t on tour And the crowd now following Better be sure There’s a cross you must carry If you’re coming with me The crowd will be thinning The rest history   The road to Jerusalem No suicide trip It is truth versus falsehood The word on the lip He stands atContinue reading “Set For Jerusalem”

  ‘Irish Wildflowers’ the caption said In the shop in Louisburg And I lonely after losing Margaret Knew it would be mine   A carpet of bluebells in a wood Sunlight bright through trees Black edged frame Appropriately This is Margaret to me   She was Irish-born In Dublin town Of Sligo family And wildflowerContinue reading “A Picture In A Frame”

In November we remember Those who’ve gone before Some who lived their length of days Some hardly out the door Candlelight and faces Visits to the grave Sorrow for the sadness Of those we could not save   Cold winds from the north At the dying of the year Gone but not forgotten Still weContinue reading “Live Your Days”

You didn’t like the sand between your toes My mother laughs remembering the time When Blackpool was a substitute for Mayo My face in photo bitter as the brine   Lanky folk had nowhere else to go Just seaside pleasure beach a week or two They went in droves together from their work Wakes WeekContinue reading “The Holidays”

Latin and Greek I learned at school I loved them totally Later on Italian Somewhat haphazardly Now another language I never heard before Until Antonio Conte Came to Tottenham’s door   Antonio could be Greek you know He has that southern look He comes from Lecce way down south Heel of the Italian foot SalentoContinue reading “Antonio Conte”

They were slaves weren’t they! The folk that lived in Tyldesley Coal mines and cotton mills And factory Ward and Goldstone   Nowt else for it But grim and grinding work Digging in the dark Standing at a loom Bending over a bench All day long   Industrial revolution I believe Grim and grimy streetsContinue reading “As I Recall”

One hundred thousand children Are in care Where? Here in the UK That’s where   100,000 Does that make it clearer? It’s a shock It would fill the old Wembley Stadium That was always the way to visualise   On telly We enjoy Long Lost Family That tells us stories Of babies given up Of forcedContinue reading “In Care”

People invited to a wedding Begin to find excuses not to come The kingdom and the banquet Attractive though they be Cannot compare with selfishness My own concerns are paramount I hope you’ll excuse me   The climate and our planet Our beautiful blue home Our circling globe Water wind and wave Desert sands andContinue reading “The Road To Hell”