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Tag Archives: palestine
If you remain silent
If you remain silent you will hear the sound of the farmer’s heart breaking beneath the weight of the bulldozer if you remain silent you will hear the sound of olive branches breaking beneath the weight of the occupation … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, Olive trees, Palestinians, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, tanka, Uncategorized, violence, West Bank
Tagged farming, Gaza, haiku, olive oil, olive trees, olives, palestine, Palestinians, Peace, poem, Poetry, tanka, violence, West Bank
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Eden
We will erase you, all proof that you existed. This is our Eden, our canvas, blank and ready to paint our roots where yours grew. Your eyes might watch us from your prison cells and graves and tears you … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, refugees, tanka, Uncategorized, violence, writing
Tagged Bethlehem, christianity, farming, haiku, history, Jesus, justice, olive trees, palestine, Peace, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, religion, tanka, truth
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Violently Uprooted
Posted in history, human rights, humanity, Olive trees, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Israel, olive oil, olive trees, palestine, poem, poetry, violence, war crimes, writing
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Khan al-Ahmar
Apartheid is this village has to go to build a new settlement
Posted in apartheid, haiku, palestine, poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Apartheid, haiku, injustice, Israel, Khan al-Ahmar, palestine, poem, poetry, war crimes
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And The Good News…?
In Gaza, the hospitals are running out of fuel for the generators that power them and allow doctors to try to heal the sick the little emergency fuel that remains is running out and densely populated civilian areas are being … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, Uncategorized
Tagged Gaza, medicine, palestine, poem, poetry, poetry for peace
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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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We Pluck Flowers
We pluck flowers from the garden and make a bouquet we pluck strings on the guitar and make music we pluck feathers from a chicken and make a meal we pluck people from their homes and villages, … Continue reading
Walk Away From The Table
The dictionary definition of Cannibalism is: n. 1. The act of eating human flesh or the flesh of one’s own kind. 2. Savage and inhuman cruelty. We are cannibals. Our pastime is cannibalism. We feed on the flesh of … Continue reading
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