2020 in the Crosshairs
Tag Archives: War
The Canon of Fodder
Dissecting the Frog of War
First Sin
War Wound
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Holocaust in the New Millennium
Remembrance
With deep gratitude to all the men and women who have endured war that we might have peace. #LestWeForget, #CanadaRemembers, #RemembranceDay, #ArmisticeDay, #VeteransDay
PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE
In Israel this year
the number of Jews will reach six million
There are other Jews in other lands
but it is only here that you can stand
Put out your hands
palms up and softly cupped
Weigh each as equal
weigh each and say
“This many”
STILL HERE
STILL HERE
(Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012)
I was born while you were dying
my birthmark is a blue tattoo
For seventy years I’ve been trying
to remember and forget
There are museums and deniers
there are survivors of survivors
People are still writing poems
that damn thing won’t wash off
MEMORIAL DAY
MEMORIAL DAY
Today we honor
those who chose
if choose they did
to serve and die in uniform
For some cause or causes
made noble by
their dying
And by ennobling
perhaps persuade
Is the next day, or the next
for those who shared the hell
but did not dress so well
And their numbers
oh yes, the terrible
terrible numbers
But we best not
speak of numbers
for in death, one
is the only number
And if we cannot
speak of math
can we speak
of aftermath
Land mines in the ground
mass destruction
in slow motion
Land mines in the mind
a uniform heritage
for those who did
and did not wear
a uniform
A moment of silence now
for us all