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Category Archives: empathy
In My Dream: An Ode to Dr. King
(Maybe April 4th isn’t Martin Luther King, Jr. Day but it’s the day that in 1967 he most vocally spoke out against the war in Vietnam and the day that in 1968 he was assassinated. My poem includes the majority of his … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, dreams, empathy, human rights, humanity, MLK, peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, racism, refugees, taxes, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged Afghanistan, Beyond Vietnam, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, civil rights, Dr. King, fear, hatred, human rights, iraq, MLK, Peace, poverty, racism, silence is betrayal, Vietnam, violence, war
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Rewrite All Our Wrongs
Let them hold the pen and write their own destiny rewrite all our wrongs write away the suffering write verses about springtime. The people hunger let them relax and eat figs let them enjoy peace and drink their tea … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic Poetry, Baghdad, empathy, Iraq, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, tanka, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Arabic Poetry, collateral damage, iraq, Peace, poem, poetry, tanka, war, writing
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Standing By The Ruins
Let them hold the pen and write their own destiny rewrite all our wrongs write away the suffering write verses about springtime instead of winter, write verses about laughing instead of crying, dancing instead of dying let them write … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic Poetry, Baghdad, empathy, Full moon, healing, history, human rights, Iraq, life, peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, tanka, travel, Uncategorized, veterans, Veterans Day, veterans for peace, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged Arabic literature, Arabic Poetry, Baghdad, Damascus, death, destiny, fate, iraq, Islamic poetry, life, love, Peace, poem, poetry, poetry for peace, pre-Islamic poetry, tanka, tea, veterans, veterans day, Veterans for Peace, war, writing
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The Day
The day schools begin teaching empathy humanity will begin to realize our potential. When compassion is taught alongside math human beings will stop being counted as numbers. When kindness is taught alongside science our best and brightest will work towards … Continue reading
Same Moon
When I was a kid, I used to stare up at the moon and my grandma told me that my cousins in Florida would stare up at the moon too and that it was the same moon and we were … Continue reading
Posted in apartheid, Baghdad, Bethlehem, collateral damage, death, earth, empathy, Full moon, human rights, humanity, Iraq, life, love, moon, poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Apartheid, Canada, connection, florida, Full moon, iraq, Japan, moon, palestine, poem, Poetry, Travel
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Life, Death, & Food
Anthony Bourdain used food as a way of introducing America to people around the world, their history and culture. He let food speak for itself, and importantly, let people speak for themselves. Bourdain’s Hawaii episode was the first time many … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, america, american dream, Anthony Bourdain, capitalism, collateral damage, death, depression, education, empathy, farming, food, Gaza, hawaii, history, human rights, humanity, Iran, Jerusalem, Libya, love, Massachusetts, palestine, Parts Unknown, poverty, refugees, suicide, travel, truth, Uncategorized, violence, war, West Bank, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, death, empathy, food, Gaza, hawaii, Iran, life, palestine, Parts Unknown, suicide, Travel, truth, writing
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Uncle Sam’s Muslim Ban
We want to ban Muslims from coming to America because it is a lot more socially acceptable for Uncle Sam to kill them when they are in their own countries rather than here in America unless, of course, they are … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, apathy, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, cops, death, democracy, drones, empathy, empire, greed, human rights, Iraq, justice, Muslim Ban, Muslims, New York, poem, Poetry, police brutality, refugees, slavery, Syria, taxes, Uncategorized, violence, war, war tax resistance, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, ignorance, iraq, Muslim Ban, palestine, poem, poetry, slavery, Syria, taxes, Trump, war, war tax resistance
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Wings On The Vulture
Let us wake now from this sleep before there’s nothing left for the meek to inherit the missionaries stole it and their kids won’t share it as they still fly old glory over stolen land broken with bibles and pineapples, canned and shipped to Rome from … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, drones, earth, empathy, farming, Gaza, goats, god, government, guns, hawaii, human rights, humanity, Japan, life, oceans, oil, palestine, poem, Poetry, Syria, taxes, truth, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance
Tagged Afghanistan, America, empire, farming, god, greed, hawaii, human rights, humanity, iraq, palestine, poem, poetry, pollution, rain, war, war tax resistance
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Guns Aren’t The Problem…
I grew up in a family of hunters. My grandfather killed an incredible number of deer during his lifetime, and he never needed more than a shot gun. He often used a bow. If I ever hunt again, it will … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, collateral damage, education, empathy, empire, fear, guns, Iraq, Jesus, life, MLK, racism, recruiting, revenge, russia, school shootings, slavery, Syria, terrorism, Trump, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged America, death, fear, florida, guns, hate, health care, hunting, Jesus, life, love, MLK, NRA, revenge, school shootings, taxes, Trump, violence, war
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And She Cried
There is an old woman whose husband had died and she cried and she cried and she cried and she cried and then this old woman’s children all died and she cried and she cried and she cried and … Continue reading
Posted in collateral damage, empathy, forgiveness, greed, humanity, life, love, poem, Poetry, revenge, revolution, storms, taxes, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged death, greed, life, Peace, poem, poetry, rain, taxes, tears, war, war tax resistance
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