Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 10, 2018

so we would never forget – v2


shards of glass, of crystal
pain, anguish, destruction
seared in the hearts
of this ancient people

telling in detail their story
the pain of his people
so we would never forget
that we would never
deny what happened

sharing the anguish, the harm,
the cost of their hatred
telling the story of his people
his people here with us



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November 10, 2018
Rev Martin Niemöller Quote
Edmund Burke Quote
November 10, 2018
Summary of Kristallnacht poems
November 10, 2018
Five years before Kristallnacht
(the photo was in Life Magazine in 1933, after all…)
edited November 10, 2018
Black and White – v5
(editing V2)
edited November 10, 2018
The Granary – v3
edited April 25, 2015
Black and White – v2
September 4, 2006 19:05
Black and White
edited April 25, 2015
The Granary – v2
January 30, 2010
The Granary
This poem is about my memory,
of the jarring sensation
seeing a photograph circa 1994,
of one of the all-time
great pictures, capturing evil,
before it rose up to full flowering
of Joseph Goebbels,
in 1933 at the League of Nations
Life Magazine article about the photo
on display at The Granary Gallery
on Martha’s Vineyard
taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898 - 1995),
a master of black and white. Photojournalist of the century, http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue9911/eisieintro.htm.
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edited November 10, 2018
a lesson I have not learned – v4
October 23, 2014
a lesson I have not learned – v3
(editing original again)
edited November 10, 2018
we must forgive – v2
edited October 22, 2014
we must forgive
edited November 10, 2018
we are to forgive – v2
new October 22, 2014
we are to forgive
edited November 10, 2018
to forgive to forget – v2
new October 22, 2014
to forgive to forget
edited November 9, 2018
to forgive without forgetting – v4
edited October 3, 2015
to forgive without forgetting – v3
(editing version 2)
edited October 22, 2014
to forgive without forgetting – v2
new October 21, 2014
to forgive without forgetting
based on profile quote of
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering—
remembering and not using your right to hit back.”
Mpho and Desmond Tutu for the #Forgiveness Challenge
Forgiveness Challenge
The Book of Forgiving
by Archibishop Desmond Tutu
and Reverend Mpho Andrea Tutu
and story of Corrie ten Boom about forgiving former Nazis
&
edited October 20, 2014
a lesson I must learn
edited October 20, 2014
a lesson I have not learned – v2
October 17, 2014
a lesson I have not learned
“The first to apologize is the bravest.
The first to forgive is the strongest.
The first to forget is the happiest.”

author unknown
seen 10/17/2014
post 10/14/2014
on Rachel’s Challenge
and see
The first to forget is the happiest –
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edited November 10, 2018
the crowd wearing yellow stars – v2
July 13, 2013
the crowd wearing yellow stars
inspired by the book,
Yellow Star,
by Jennifer Roy
& page 11 – Chapter “February 1940” and poem, “Relocation”
& pages 218-222 – Chapter “Winter 1945” and poem, “An Amazing Story”
&
edited November 10, 2018
Their Haunting Witness – v2
September 3, 2010
Their Haunting Witness
on remembering
the United States Holocaust Museum
in emails today
&
edited November 10, 2018
so we would never forget – v2
October 16, 2015
so we would never forget
Elie Wiesel
and Holocaust
Blog Action Day 2015 – “Raise Your Voice”
October 16, 2015

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 48,040 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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God, Christ, Spirit, hope,  justice, peace,  freedom, America, apologize, forgive, forget, happy, Corrie ten Bloom, brave, strong, faith, trust, Desmond Tutu, Kristallnacht, Kristallnacht 80,

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

how is this love – v3


How is this love
fulfilling Christ’s commandment
if we take a life of another,
using our judgment
if we are to love as Jesus loves,
to be His witnesses, His servants
His hands and His feet

if we are under grace
we must lay down our stones
we must forgive them;
we must leave the judgement
to God, to the Father
the perfect judge
over all of creation

if we believe in Christ Jesus
if we are His followers
if we have faith  in His promise
in His resurrection, His teaching,
in His covenant with us
we must lay down our stones
and love everyone on earth

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edited June 14, 2017
how is this love – v3

(editing annotated version of original)
edited April 28, 2017
how is this love – v2
edited April 28, 2017
how is this love
April 28, 2017
if we are under grace
John 8:7
John 13:33-35
&
edited October 15, 2015
An Innocent Man – v2
the work of Helen Prejean
and all those others fighting against
capital punishment
Blog Action Day 2015 – “Raise Your Voice”
October 16, 2015
&
September 22, 2011
An Innocent Man
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My Facebook note, September 22, 2011
“I pray that the investigation of the truth in this case will not end with his death. The death penalty will only be eliminated as a punishment in this country if we are forced as a people to stare at the consequence of killing an innocent person. Mr. Davis may not be that person; but that day will come, based on this being a human process. Too many people on death row have been found to be innocent; the probabilities are there. That awful day will come.”
Articles on Troy Davis execution
Article on 10 Reasons he should not be put to death
My Facebook note, September 21, 2011
“If there is doubt about the truth of his quilt, the execution should be stayed until further investigation is completed.”
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& 9/11 poems
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Seeds of Hate

Seeds of hate, of rage
in the burning tower
separating the nations
the peoples of faith

Anguish, suffering
martyrs alike
claiming the creator
in the fists of our rage

September 21, 2011
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September 11, 2011
10th anniversary of September 11, 2001
and the plot to attack DC and NY
reported September 9, 2011
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As I woke this morning – v2

As I woke this morning, I remembered
I remembered that day, the exact moment
pain afresh, reliving, so clear, so vivid
when I saw the towers, innocence burning
our lives never the same, different
a shower of debris. The gasps, of each new person
coming into the room, silent, crying
seeing the images, over and over
Feeling the same ache as when
I watched the Challenger
explode in the sky.
So much lost
We watched, unsure
tears streaming down, helpless
Attacked on our soil, numb
disbelieving, even though seeing
I remember the air in the lounge,
all of us strangers, together
the small screen too big
showing too vividly the pain
the anguish, the towers hit, falling
plumes of smoke, of flame
darkness that morning, echoing still
friends, new friends, in the room
who may have loved ones in New York
in the Pentagon, at that moment
of different races, religions
from around the globe;
a call on a cell phone
All transfixed, unable to move


September 10, 2011
all of my September 11, 2001 poems

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 44,280 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

America, calling, Faith, forgiveness, God, God’s purpose, grace, judgment, justice, Law, love, Methodist, Osama bin Laden, September 11, terror, tragedy, judgment, capital punishment, Troy Davis,

#America #calling #Faith #forgiveness #justice #love #OBL #Poetry #September11 #terror #911Remembered #neverforget capital punishment #TroyDavis #RIPTroyDavis 

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God, Christ, equality, food, hope, human rights, joy, justice, peace, water, wealth, slavery, oppression, freedom, Blog Action Day, RAISE YOUR VOICE, Helen Prejean, capital punishment, America,

#God #Christ #humanrights #justice #peace #wealth #love #food #water #compassion #freedom @blogactionday12 #BAD2015 #RaiseYourVoice @helenprejean #capitalpunishment


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