by Susan | Apr 23, 2015 | National Poetry Month
Never until the mankind making Bird beast and flower Fathering and all humbling darkness Tells with silence the last light breaking And the still hour Is come of the sea tumbling in harness And I must enter again the round Zion of the water bead And the synagogue of...
by Susan | Apr 23, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 23, 1971 In the final event of Operation Dewey Canyon III, nearly 1,000 Vietnam War veterans threw their combat ribbons, helmets, and uniforms on the U.S. Capitol steps.
by Susan | Apr 22, 2015 | National Poetry Month
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 22, 1970 Earth Day was celebrated in the United States for the first time; millions of Americans participated in rallies, marches and educational programs. Earth Day was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a staunch environmentalist who hoped...
by Susan | Apr 21, 2015 | National Poetry Month
1 Always lashing out Lost in a cold maze of hate Seek the way of Peace 2 Find peace in the dark Love flows like a great river Clouds part, hope rises. 3 Time changes all things Peace will always find its way Living is an art. 4 The whole World cries out There is only...
