Category Archives: War



Combat Green

Notice the fuss re man-made climate change?
Smoke-stack smut, car-belch carbon at the core,
Industrial pollution!—yet (passing strange),
They never fuss at detrimental war! Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, War

Whassup? Haiku

Administration Change

Inauguration:
My whole life, I never saw
So gross a tsimmis. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Several Short Poems, War

Untimely

This maelstrom of jihad, pogroms, crusades
Auto da fes, reformation, counter
Reformation, inquisition, all crazed
Murder for Yawah, Jesus Christ, Allah— Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Religion, War

August 20th, 2008

When imagination fails, and whimsy
Shrinks from dry to arid, what can one do
To prime the pump of creativity,
To plump rich words that sing of joy, of rue? Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Today's News, War

The Monday News—Page A6

Australia
The main story’s
Not too bad:
“Pope concludes Australia visit.” Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Today's News, War

This Shining Nation On A Hill

Khaled El-Masri was snatched by agents
Of that shining nation on a hill (known
For its principles, human rights, ardent
Dedication to justice), agents prone, Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, War