Photo-a-Day  (Wednesday, 10th July, 2024)

Ruhe in Frieden

That looks very peaceful and respectful. A nice photo, Dennis.

“ We will remember them.”

So serene and well tended, a credit to those who care for it.

Lest We Forget:
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of age, steady and aglow.
The y were staunch to the end against odds uncounted.
The fell with their faces to the foe.
The shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.
Sorry, but with tears in my eyes I cannot continue.

Always wondered why we would ever FORGET?

Tony Blair forgot. He had us in 5 unnecessary wars, including Bosnia and Libya.

Colin, I love that poem, "For the Fallen" and can recite it, every word, but no way could I get through it in public.

How many young British kids did Thatcher killed?

This is a poem I wrote on the anniversary of WW1.
John Kelly had lived in my street , I used to go errands for his Mother she never really got over his death.

John Kelly.
By Tom Walsh.


John Kelly , who was he ? a man who gave his life for you and me , a man who left his home and friends to fight for freedom to fight the foe.

A life snuffed out before its time in the carnage of that horrendous war. Did he think of his Mother on that fateful day ? did he ponder days of yore?

Did his life before him flash ? did he have time to make his peace with God ? Did he think of a sweetheart, as life blood ebbed away, of children now denied ?

Did he wonder if his body would lie with the glorious dead in a fields wheat and corn, of poppies red and lilies white ? or was his shroud to be the earth and clay.

Did he shed a tear for times that might have been, of growing old with kith and kin? Could he have known in decades hence, a poet would ask ' John Kelly , who was he ?'