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Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.

CHRISTMAS WITH YOU

CHRISTMAS WITH YOU . When time and distance separate us, Then you will find the spirit of our togetherness, In a glass of wine. My darling, Make it a long-stemmed glass, To remind you that even the minute apart is the longest one. . Fill it to its […]

THREE MONTHS’ THE OLD SALT LAUGHED

It would take us two weeks to voyage to the Portuguese African colony of Mozambique. From Beira, King Arthur voyaged to Durban in Verwoerd’s South Africa where we experienced apartheid first-hand. No problem but there was much mirth at the predicament this posed to our West Indian engine room rating.

DEATHBED BLUES

A man is on his deathbed, and he asks his wife, ‘Martha, soon I will be gone forever, and there’s something I have to know. In all these 50 years of marriage, have you ever been unfaithful to me?’ Martha replied, ‘Well, Henry, I have to be honest […]

CREEPIEST PLACE IN KANSAS

There is an all-but-forgotten trail called Devil’s Road with a strange history. It is said that a man somehow managed to set fire to his own son by accident. There and on another occasion a man was discovered hanging from a tree by the trail.