An Extract of Reflection
The meanderings of a muddled mind
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Unknown British Soldier – An Epitaph
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He was killed just there, and they buried him Where the wind fills up her cup to brim Of the dews of evening pure and sweet That she ...
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Seaside Thoughts
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I looked on the silver, shimmering sea, And a message of peace it brought to me, As it mirrored the infinite blue above ’Twas an embl...
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Lough Neagh, and Home.
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Son of Old Ireland, but his lot Lies in a foreign, far-off spot; He pauses oft, to think of — what? Lough Neagh; and home! Twin ...
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Verdun, 1917
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The following poem is [was then] written by a schoolboy of fourteen, at the C.I.M. school of Chefoe, China. The German view:— ...
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Free Tram Rides
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“The Belfast Corporation voted themselves free ‘passes’ on the new city tramways, on 1st January, 1905.” — City Press. If you want gea...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Life
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Life to most is but a tangle Woven to a web; Music made of endless jangle From which no love doth ebb. Each day's mon...
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
My Prayer
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Help me to love instead of hate; Help me to hope; help me to wait. From out my store, help me give; Thou, who knowest, help me forgiv...
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