image caption: A father kisses his dead daughter as he closes her eyes at a hospital in Falluja, east of Baghdad, April 30, 2005. A rocket exploded in Falluja killing the girl and injuring ten other people according to local witnesses and doctors. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal
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Death
by Thomas Hood
It is not death, that sometime in a sigh
This eloquent breath shall take its speechless flight;
That sometime these bright stars, that now reply
In sunlight to the sun, shall set in night;
That this warm conscious flesh shall perish quite,
And all life’s ruddy springs forget to flow;
That thoughts shall cease, and the immortal sprite
Be lapp’d in alien clay and laid below;
It is not death to know this — but to know
That pious thoughts, which visit at new graves
In tender pilgrimage, will cease to go
So duly and so oft — and when grass waves
Over the pass’d-away, there may be then
No resurrection in the minds of men.
Thank you for coming here.
We need you.
And your poetry selections, as well as your photos.
As I mentioned to you, Amy Goodman was incredible on CSPAN2’s reairing of the L.A. Festival of Books. She said that if Americans could see — really see — the devastation of the war, they’d change their minds.
She also mentioned something else she’d heard: The American media show the missiles going up. Al Jazeera shows the missiles going down.
And for the invitation, comments, and recommendations!
“Where have all the young girls gone …
When will they ever learn ….”
Amy Goodman just played that song as the break on her broadcast, and I thought of that father and his little girl, and began crying.
It is so fucking insane.
I am so glad (although using that word in association with such sad images seems odd) you have continued this as long as you have. You will get more time to be seen here.
I usually see your diaries while I’m getting my series together so the time to recommend is past. I just want you to know I see them.
Thanks
The pictures are hard, graphic… needed. But I know that you are beautiful.
So much pain and suffering and so few care. I am a very fortunate soul to be amongst the folks that do.
I noticed Day 2 is up now, the link is here. I transferred my recommended status to that one so more people can experience your powerful words and images. We must never forget about the human suffering. It must serve as our motivation to build a peaceful world so that injustice will not continue.
I’m so glad you’re here.