My mother said
they still looked beautiful
while they were picking them up
in pieces,
the children.
(Written and posted by Ashraf Osman, at www.archmemory.blogspot.com
` see also his post: Ahmad)
Thanks.
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About Me
- Joyce Ellen Davis
- 1. In dreams I am often young and thin with long blond hair. 2. In real life I am no longer young, or thin, or blonde. 3. My back hurts. 4. I hate to sleep alone. (Fortunately I don't have to!) 5. My great grandfather had 2 wives at once. 6. I wish I had more self-discipline. (I was once fired from a teaching position in a private school because they said I was "too unstructured and undisciplined." --Who, me??? Naaaahhh....) 7. I do not blame my parents for this. Once, at a parent-teacher conference, the teacher told me my little boy was "spacey." We ALL are, I told her. The whole fan damily is spacey. She thought I was kidding. I wasn't. 8. I used to travel with a theater reperatory company. My parents weren't happy about this. 9. My mother was afraid that I would run off and paint flowers on my cheeks and live in a commune, and grow vegetables. I once smoked pot. ONE TIME. 10. I don't drink or smoke. (Or swear, much. Well, I drink milk, and water, and orange juice, and stuff. Cocoa. I love Pepsi.) 11. Most of my friends are invisible. 12. I am a poet and a writer. All of my writing on these pages is copyrighted. Borrowing (without acknowledgment) is a sin.
BOOKS I HAVE WRITTEN (click on image to buy)
Chrysalis
In Willy's House
TRIPTYCH--Three Short Stories
A Book of Fours
Pepek the Assassin
My Grandkids
Awards
3 comments:
So shocking ...
So sad. Have you been reading Melly's posts over at All Kinds of Writing? She's went to northern Israel to be with her family. She really shows the civilian/human side of war.
http://allkindsofwriting.blogspot.com/
Thank you for this powerful piece.
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