Keith Jeffries Biography
Keith Jeffries is a poet and writer who was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England in 1948.
He spent his formative years in Lancashire. On leaving school Keith served for 10 years in HM Forces. He was later ordained priest in the Anglican Church where he remained until retirement.
Keith has lived, studied and worked in England, Germany, Spain, Oman, the USA and the West Indies. Keith is a free thinker with a pragmatic view on the many aspects of life, this he believes, in part, comes from his sexuality and the consequences of it.
He now lives in retirement in Spain where he has devoted himself to Spiritual Direction and Writing.
They lay in fetid mud, covered in congealed blood
All around the trappings of hell did abound
Broken bodies, pallid skin, all had died in a din
Stillness now dwelt in hell´s backyard
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Men and women lie in the dust and ashes of life,
having sacrificed themselves for our freedom.
They take with them their courage by example,
we inherit their legacy, our liberty won.
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It lies like a furrow in a distant field
an anniversary of events long since passed.
The wind blows over this foreign landscape
rustling the autumn leaves about a myriad of graves.
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