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.
A conservative Czech party proposes using a knowledge test to earn voting rights. Can democracies worthy of the name enact laws discriminating against stupidity and restricting the participation of idiots in public life? Polish political commentator Grzegorz Górny asks this provocative question. If enacted, such a proposal would […]
MICHAEL WALSH PROPHECIES: Unthinkable? So was the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the disintegration of the United States a few years before its present dire situation. What was unthinkable just a few years ago has become a grim reality. It doesn’t have to be that way. […]
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR EUROPE? . Will stars continue shining, When Europe is no more, Will sunsets and the sunrise, Be as they were before? . Those stars shone bright on ancient Rome, In Greece, the Parthenon; But will they still be shining, If Europeans are gone? . […]
THE OLDEST LOVE LETTER . It took a long time and a great deal of thought,I couldn’t believe I had lost what I sought.I should have forgotten, moved on and known better,But I sat down and wrote her the oldest love letter..It spanned many years – no, a […]
IN LITTLE HOMES OF CLAY. School and college and on to war, The young must settle rich men’s score, They dress their sin as keeping peace, To lure the lambs they want to fleece. . War is business best when clad, In uniform and nation’s rag. Keep alive […]
I BURIED FATHER’S HEART TONIGHT ‘ There’s a little glen in Ireland, Where I buried Father’s heart, It always beat for Ireland, When the world was torn apart, The fabric of our nation, Was rent and scattered seed, Then hearts that bled for Ireland, On foreign fields would […]
A lady is asking: How much do you sell your eggs? The old salesman answers: 0.50 cent per egg, lady The Lady Says: ‘I take 6 eggs for 2.50 euros or I leave.’ The old salesman answers her: ‘Buy at the price you want, ma’am. This is a […]
MICHAEL WALSH: It is irritating and frustrating to see a strategy for peace proposed by EUROPE RENAISSANCE years ago making the headlines by an ex-amateur today: Many of Europe’s problems, including the crisis in Ukraine, could be solved with one simple measure – the dissolution of the entire […]
. THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT WE SEE . I searched for God where I thought I would find, His spirit of love as a ghost, A presence beyond the borders of man, Yet a friend who was closer than most. .For Christmas was coming, the old would […]
My grandma used to say, ‘Don’t let your pans shine brighter than you. Don’t take house cleaning so seriously! When I became a wife, I spent at least a day making sure that everything was clean, in case ‘someone came to me. But then after my grandmother’s words, […]
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