Category Archives: Israel

It’s Mother’s Day in America

Posted on May 13, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Weep not for the mothers laying dead in bombed out villages or their sisters and brothers shot in the back as they waved their flags of black, red, green & white weep instead for the children they leave behind, far … Continue reading →

Posted in america, american dream, Bethlehem, collateral damage, death, doves, farming, Gaza, human rights, humanity, Israel, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jesus, life, love, Mother's Day, Nakba, Olive trees, palestine, Palestinians, peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, propaganda, refugees, Syria, taxes, Trump, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, West Bank, Yemen | Tagged Afghanistan, America, american dream, death, farming, Gaza, iraq, Israel, Mother's Day, Nakba, olive trees, olives, palestine, poem, poetry, taxes, violence, war, West Bank | Comments Off

March For Women

Posted on January 19, 2018 by soitgoes1984

The President isn’t the disease he is but a symptom. The disease is not new, it is not worse now than it was a couple of years ago or a couple of decades ago or a couple of centuries ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, collateral damage, death, democracy, drones, empathy, fear, government, hatred, history, Howard Zinn, human rights, Iran, Iraq, IRS, Israel, Kaepernick, money, murder, palestine, Palestinians, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, poverty, racism, refugees, sexism, slavery, Syria, taxes, Trump, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, white privilege, women's march, womens rights, writing, Yemen | Tagged Afghanistan, America, capitalism, Genocide, greed, howard zinn, human rights, iraq, palestine, poem, poetry, poverty, slavery, sports, taxes, Trump, war, war tax resistance, women, women's march, womens rights | Comments Off

Collateral Death

Posted on August 31, 2017 by soitgoes1984

if you kill me and my family and friends and neighbors I won’t care if you do it with chemical weapons, or if you do it with biological weapons, or if you do it with nuclear weapons, I won’t care … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, america, Baghdad, collateral damage, death, democracy, drones, empire, Gaza, human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, life, Mosul, palestine, poem, Poetry, Saudi Arabia, Standing Rock, Syria, terrorism, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, West Bank | Tagged Afghanistan, collateral damage, death, drones, Iran, iraq, Palesine, Peace, poem, poetry, Syria, war, Yemen | Comments Off

Skyping Emma In The Berkshires

Posted on February 23, 2015 by soitgoes1984

I miss simple days like when we were Skyping with Emma in the Berkshires, over watermelon and hookah in the shadows of the Baha’i temple in the old German Colony in that Mediterranean port city, mixed more than most today, … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkshires, cafe, Haifa, hookah, Israel, lemonade, Mediterranean, palestine, poem, Poetry, skype, watermelon, whiskey | Tagged Berkshires, cafe, Haifa, hookah, Israel, lemonade, Mediterranean, palestine, poem, poetry, skype, watermelon, whiskey | Comments Off