Poetry

Letter From Nagasaki

Tomihisa Taue (1956 -  ) is the current mayor of Nagasaki. He took office in 2007 following university studies in jurisprudence (philosophy of law). Youthful Mayor Taue would certainly have personal contact with the “hibakusha” (survivors) who carry government passbooks to certify they experienced atomic attacks on Hiroshima (August 6th) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). [...]

2018-08-19T12:33:32-04:00Environment, Poetry, War Crimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction|Comments Off on Letter From Nagasaki

Hawaiians Survived To Thank God for Golf

January 13, 2018, citizens of Hawaii, the western defense perimeter of our nation, were ordered to seek shelter or “shelter in place” because a nuclear strike was imminent. “This is not a test!” Everyone was warned. For 38 minutes all in Hawaii froze in fear of immediate incineration by a nuclear weapon about to find [...]

2018-01-16T19:21:13-05:00Peace, Poetry, Politics, Weapons of Mass Destruction|Comments Off on Hawaiians Survived To Thank God for Golf

Hermann Göring’s thought or warning of Pope Francis on war with North Korea?

Reich Marshall Hermann Göring (1893-1946) was one of the ten most powerful leaders of Hitler’s vanquished Third Reich. Hitler, Göring and several other leaders of the Third Reich took their own lives rather than face judgment as Germany surrendered. “People can always be brought to the bidding of leaders. It is very easy. All you [...]

2017-06-03T16:50:52-04:00Poetry, Politics, War Crimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction|Comments Off on Hermann Göring’s thought or warning of Pope Francis on war with North Korea?

Christmas 2016 – Warnings, Migrant Births & Assistance From “Doulas”

Fr. Rohr concludes, “We are all in school!” For the first time in nearly eighty years this December, I learned of professional midwifes who are called “Doulas.” The Chinese word for birth is “to come out to the world.” Was there a Doula present with Mary and Joseph at the moment Jesus entered our world?

2017-01-30T03:53:31-05:00Peace, Poetry, Spiritual, Stories|Comments Off on Christmas 2016 – Warnings, Migrant Births & Assistance From “Doulas”

Q – How Do Angels Fly? A – Levity and Poetry

G.K Chesterton posed a question and provided an answer that has helped me through two summers in Harlem, ten years in Hong Kong, 18 months at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Spanish studies in Bolivia, only six difficult months in Venezuela and twenty years in the poorest state of the union – Louisiana. “How [...]

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