It should have come as no surprise to me when I sent word today to William Bedford asking him for a brief bio to use on his cover story on Canada Free Press tomorrow that he was born in Dublin.

William Bedford writes the most stirring poems.  There is something about the Emerald Isle that breathes a talent to express poetry in some of its sons.  Ireland is afterall the home of James Joyce, Seamus Heaney and W.B. Yeats, amongst many others.

CFP had been publishing Bedford poems for years without knowing much about him, other than he is a long time Toronto resident.

Willam Bedford also happens to be 80-years young!

HOME IS THE WARRIOR
The flags flutter at half mast
and the wail of pipes waft on
the summer breeze
as the honor guard shoulders
the casket bearing their fallen
Comrade.
His mortal remains will be interred in
his earthly home.
His immortal spirit will live forever in
his eternal home.
On a chilly November morning
we will remember him.
But for his loved ones, 
every day will be Remembrance Day.
William Bedford

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