by Susan | Apr 8, 2015 | National Poetry Month
Oh mother, mother, where is happiness? They took my lover’s tallness off to war, Left me lamenting. Now I cannot guess What I can use an empty heart-cup for. He won’t be coming back here any more. Some day the war will end, but, oh, I knew When he went...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2015 | National Poetry Month
this poem is plenty my camel cannot carry more— oil glistens on wood be content with that ~ what if judgment comes & i have not witnessed the kiss of wings— the way sage forgives have we hidden salvation under the fig leaves every body knows ~ maybe the truth— is...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 7, 1994 The genocide in Rwanda began. Over the following 90 days at least a half million people were killed by their...
by Susan | Apr 6, 2015 | National Poetry Month
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod....
by Susan | Apr 6, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 6, 1996 Eleven were arrested at the main post office near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for attempting to mail medical supplies to Iraq in defiance of the U.S.-led embargo. Between 1990 and 1995 with the first Gulf War and the sanctions imposed by the U.S.,...
