Thomas William Walsh KOSB - Rest In Peace

A service to celebrate the life of Thomas William Welsh KOSB will take place at 10:30 hrs at The Three Counties Crematorium, Braintree on Thursday 14 January 2021. Tom sadly died on 11 December 2020. The service will be conducted by Reverend Chris Ramsey.

 

In the midst of time

The warriors memory

Shall ne’r fade...

Though generations pass

One fatefully after another

Their footprints remain

As evidence of their actions –

That led the hard way

To all our freedoms!

To this day in which we stand

No, their memory will not dim

But burn as brightly

As each new sun

That heralds a new day

The breath of life remains

 

Amen – Rest in peace

All Rights Reserved & Copyright - David John Drew 'Versificator Regis'

Ancestors Envisioned in a Power Meditation

Ancestors Envisioned in a Power Meditation

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

 

Idho (Yew)

 

Old ones twisted and entwined;

Embracing in the cragged wind

Of a rumbling Eirrean vale, two yews

Whose knotted embrace, reflecting...

An ancient binding.

 

And in their wedded cincture;

A dark hollow, echoing lyrical...

Walking within a candle wakens

Shadows slip away...

Revealing inner etched thoughts.

 

Slumbering in the belly of the chamber

A silent, solitary adder

Bedecked in a robe of glistening jewels

And as she speaks…

The walls pulsate and breathe.

 

An ochre cave of life, inscribed;

Hand-painted; of elk and wolves and

Hunters, and the origins

Ship voyage on the waves of memory, in moonlight

On the edge of distant oceans.

 

Fire thunders down, drenching;

From the axle star far above, and

The body becomes lacertine in a storm...

Of electrifying mist…

And almost transparent.

 

Walking on the Plains of honey;

Of poppies and welcomed by the two…

Fragrant bronzed limbs

Tongues drenched in the blood

And juice of ripe berries.

 

In orchard shadows;

Snow blossoms showering,

Drifting upon an breathing mound

Along the contours of an open palm,

The egg-stone of beginning

 

All Rights Reserved DAVID JOHN DREW 2007

Sijo poetry form: Dancing with Sounds

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007

 

Sijo poetry form: Dancing with Sounds

 

Hand swinging beat, striking a skin drum: repeating fragments of sound...

 

Pounding, kneading, forming the air into perfectly round bubbles...

 

All-enclosing, enchanting energy, carried on one constant breath.