tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post8212947313044950018..comments2023-11-03T03:39:08.833-07:00Comments on Iraq War Grief Daily Witness: Iraq War Grief Daily Witness Day 55Jerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241842671993239496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-65525510601922074242007-04-28T06:31:00.000-07:002007-04-28T06:31:00.000-07:00peace.peace.moirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776940994450057910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-62402971731719450452007-04-08T21:58:00.000-07:002007-04-08T21:58:00.000-07:00I witnessI witnessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299790959227409091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-21110103287489215552007-04-07T09:55:00.000-07:002007-04-07T09:55:00.000-07:00For peaceI witnessFor peace<BR/>I witnessanniethenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676273148688900739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-90323246811272115872007-04-06T15:21:00.000-07:002007-04-06T15:21:00.000-07:00peaceWhat a searing poem Rub.<A HREF="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c168/oliviainottawa/peace/candle_100.jpg" REL="nofollow"><B><I>peace</I></B></A><BR/><BR/>What a searing poem Rub.oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401788202984343513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-68407723138051881512007-04-06T15:19:00.000-07:002007-04-06T15:19:00.000-07:00I witnessI witnessaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960113681271218081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-12163582864138783372007-04-06T15:10:00.000-07:002007-04-06T15:10:00.000-07:00Witness.Let Each Man Remember by Josephine Jacobse...<A HREF="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5558/prwhbl24cx.gif" REL="nofollow">Witness</A>.<BR/><BR/><B>Let Each Man Remember</B> <BR/><I>by</I> Josephine Jacobsen <BR/><BR/>There is a terrible hour in the early morning<BR/>When men awake and look on the day that brings<BR/>The hateful adventure, approaching with no less certainty<BR/>Than the light that grows, the untroubled bird that sings.<BR/><BR/>It does not matter what we have to consider,<BR/>Whether the difficult word, or the surgeon's knife,<BR/>The last silver goblet to pawn, or the fatal letter,<BR/>Or the prospect of going on with a particular life.<BR/><BR/>The point is, they rise; always they seem to have risen<BR/>(They always will rise, I suppose) by courage alone.<BR/>Somehow, by this or by that, they engender courage,<BR/>Courage bred in flesh that is sick to the bone.<BR/><BR/>Each in his fashion, they compass their set intent<BR/>To rout the reluctant sword from the gripping sheath,<BR/>By thinking, perhaps, upon the Blessed Sacrament,<BR/>Or perhaps by coffee, or perhaps by gritted teeth.<BR/><BR/>It is indisputable that some turn solemn or savage,<BR/>While others have found it serves them best to be glib,<BR/>When they inwardly lean and listen, listen for courage,<BR/>That bitter and curious thing beneath the rib.<BR/><BR/>With nothing to gain, perhaps, and no sane reason<BR/>To put up a fight, they grip and hang by a thread,<BR/>As fierce and still as a swinging threatened spider.<BR/>They are too brave to say, It is simpler to be dead.<BR/><BR/>Let each man remember, who opens his eyes to that morning,<BR/>How many men have braced themselves to meet the light,<BR/>And pious or ribald, one way or another, how many <BR/>Will smile in its face, when he is at peace in the night.<BR/><BR/><I>(1940)</I>musing grazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199879355891540177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699866497260414248.post-28872464208921044202007-04-06T14:41:00.000-07:002007-04-06T14:41:00.000-07:00for peacefor peaceJerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241842671993239496noreply@blogger.com