Are there any boundaries – v2

We hear the ancient name, we ask,
“Are there any boundaries?”,
invoking that scripture,
the same from the other quarter
war without limits, no rules,
comprehending genocide.
 
Who is the enemy, the terror,
are there innocents in these lands,
in the maelstrom, the field of battle,
in this moment, choosing this language,
the crucible of war, of scripture;
Is there a line to never cross?
 
Words that shouldn’t be uttered,
but maybe that was important,
speaking aloud the quiet part
the ancient battle lines, failures,
justifying anything, any measure,
in these times of total war.
 
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Edited November 3, 2023
Are there any boundaries – v2
 
November 3, 2023
Twitter Post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1720400053347438719
“[…]'Remember what Amalek did to you'.[…]”
&
October 29, 2023
Are there any boundaries
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/are-there-any-boundaries.html
Netanyahu speech October 29, 2023
invoking 1 Samuel 15:3
and the command to eradicate the Amalekites
https://twitter.com/i/status/1718391828427493863
Edited October 29, 2023
Oh Ishmael, Oh Isaac – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/oh-ishmael-oh-isaac-v3.html
October 15, 2023
If Saul has listened
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/if-saul-had-listened.html
1 Samuel 15
Edited October 9, 2023
The pain on her face – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-pain-on-her-face-v2.html
October 9, 2023
The pain on her face
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-pain-on-her-face.html
My customer said she has worn the little gold Star of David for 60 years.
&
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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