Sherry Chandler » Wartime Agenda
Wartime Agenda
from Helen Losse’s poem of that title:
I get my news from the web now,
sports from television,
unless they too show us the war, which Iam sure not to watch. Somehow, seeing
pictures without the sound keeps me calmer,
except the one in the Washington Post.The Iraqi child there—reportedly injured by
gun fire—was comforted by a woman, while
she held him—face still bleeding—in motherly arms.After seeing that, I penned some stinging words.
I actually wrote, “Can’t we ALL become people
who do not shoot each other’s children?” That’s all….
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2 Comments
1. Helen Losse replies at 16th September 2006, 4:43 pm :
Thanks Sherry.
2. sherry replies at 16th September 2006, 7:58 pm :
Thank you for the poem, Helen.
I didn’t do a September 11 post as such. A couple of reasons. Most basic is that I tend to live outside the calendar and can’t mourn to a schedule. But then the whole thing is so hyped now that I can’t really hear my own mind about it.
Nevertheless, I appreciate what other people do. I See Invisible People also had a great September 11 post.
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