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Kevin M Welsh

Poetry

GRATITUDE

To you who send our kin to war, When they are fallen you need not; Doff the headdress; Bow the head; Stand to in the stillness; Lower the flag; Muffle the bells; Toll the knell; Beat the drum roll; Skirl the funereal air; Shuffle the slow march; Sound the last…
Kevin M Welsh
29th March 2017
Poetry

GNOMIC VERSES

Fear Disdained I will not act out Of fear… and I will not Once fear to act. Fear Explained Fear is not all Bad… because courage only Counts when you are scared. Fear Ingrained If you are a slave To fear… you are not a Master of your fate. Fear…
Kevin M Welsh
20th July 2016
Poetry

IN ARDUIS FIDELIS

Know me from whence… within the battle’s point. You will know me then from when the battle is joined… Violence bares its teeth and crooks its claws. From noble ceaseless fight I will not pause. You will know that I will not flag or fail I am a child of…
Kevin M Welsh
19th July 2016
Poetry

PERFECTION

When things start to go wrong… If your problems are long, And your emotions are wild and unchecked… Whatever you do Remember that you Should just practice; you don’t have to be perfect. If you can learn from mistakes, Then whatever it takes, You know you should never expect The…
Kevin M Welsh
19th July 2016
Poetry

THAT’S LIFE

Life doesn’t have to be amazing… It doesn’t have to be ideal. Life doesn’t have to be crazy… It doesn’t have to be surreal. Life isn’t a matter of having it free… It doesn’t have to be fair. Life rarely is just what you want it to be… It can…
Kevin M Welsh
16th July 2016
Poetry

HOW DO YOU KNOW…?

How do you know, if you’re not letting go Of worries that continue to assail you, That most things you have considered to do… Will ultimately end up in failure? If you want to be free from your conflicts, then be Forgiving and end your resentment… All ills to forget…
Kevin M Welsh
16th July 2016
Poetry

WHEN LIFE SEEMS SO UNFAIR

What your heart is telling you When you’re alone and in despair… Is that it doesn’t matter what you do… Because life is so unfair. Yet, when the book of life is read There is nothing written in there To say that when all is done and said… That life…
Kevin M Welsh
16th July 2016
Poetry

A PRAYER FOR OUR FALLEN

Daylight is receding… Darkness takes its place. Dear Lord… we souls pleading Ask of thy fair grace. Pity thou our Fallen… Comfort them when they come. Bid them with thy calling To thy heavenly home. For each noble sacrifice… By air and land and sea… Take them into paradise… E’er…
Kevin M Welsh
19th February 2016
Poetry

Haikus

FEARLESSNESS Courage is proven Not by being brave… but by Meeting with fear. PIONEERS Those who nurture a Calm rational mind… pave the Road to the future. REALITY We do not see the World as it is… we see the World just as we are. FRIENDLESS People who live with…
Kevin M Welsh
12th January 2016