Oh #Ishmael, Oh #Isaac – v3

What have you done,
“Oh Ishmael, Oh Isaac”,
two sons of Abraham
still warring in that land.
 
Praying to God, to Allah,
Jew or Arab, brothers,
though of different mothers
the same under the skin.
 
Brothers of our one father,
chosen, from the world,
the seed for many nations
fratricide of the Word.
 
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Edited October 29, 2023

Oh Ishmael, Oh Isaac – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/oh-ishmael-oh-isaac-v3.html

edited September 11, 2019
Oh Ishmael, Oh Isaac – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/oh-ishmael-oh-isaac-v2.html
&
edited September 11, 2019
the dream of America must not perish – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-dream-of-america-must-not-perish-v3.html
&
edited September 11, 2019
September 11 – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/september-11-v4.html
&
Edited September 13, 2012
Oh Ishmael, Oh Isaac
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/oh-ishmael-oh-isaac.html
new poem –
& rampage in Benghazi, September 11, 2011
which led to death of US Ambassador and others
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/13/libya-us-consulate-benghazi-damage
&
Edited September 13, 2012
new poem – “The Memories Flooding Back”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-memories-flooding-back.html
after starting to read poem, “MUCH LIKE TODAY”,
by Chip Bergeron
written September 11, 2012
&
September 11, 2012
new poem – “A Moment Crystallized”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-moment-crystallized.html
&
post by the Reverend Doctor Amy Butler,
@PastorAmyDC
http://www.calvarydc.org/contact-us/our-staff/
Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church,
Washington, DC
http://www.calvarydc.org/
“A Prayer for Today”
https://twitter.com/PastorAmyDC/status/245536689781604352
http://talkwiththepreacher.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/a-prayer-for-today/
&
Edited September 11, 2012
new poem – “An Audible Gasp”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-audible-gasp-2.html
September 11, 2012
“A Gasp”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-gasp.html
written about my experience at
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Concord, NH
on September 11, 2001
in the TV lounge
where we all stayed, transfixed by the images
&
latest 20 poems about
September 11, 2001
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/search/label/September%2011
 
 
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