Showing posts with label hindu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hindu. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Poem - "Headlines"

Headlines

Two              Towers of Babel             Topple.
The battles            for Babylon               wage
and,                                              standing by,
                                             Sacrificial Lamb.
'Sigh' for that big bang,
           charged       by a storm      of   trouble.
There  is a  martyr  atop  some   hill,       who
   once was     a baby   floating   downstream.
                                   Blah, blah, blah, then,
"Let's           to        the   chess            match!"
                                                He later leads
a   million   people   to        the Guggenheim.

Hands                      get                     washed
in        mounds           of            fossils;
the   mantel   is   swept   by   Texas candles.
The corpse,  refurbished
                with    an  empty   milk   jug.
Attempts are made to reap the spoils of a 
                                                     hurricane.
They succeed.
                             Refugees sit in traffic
on the way                     to evacuation routes,
    three    days        after the storm.

  Chariots    throwing     bows   and   arrows,
drunk   soldiers     throwing        elbows.
                  Angry fans throw tomatoes
and poor  sports   play cheap.     Meanwhile,
ice cream is  savored on the curb
                                         outside the prison,
where Springtime's sparrows
                                                galavant.
The    day's    parades                 are watched
       at 9 o'clock.                 Ticker-tape fails -
cars dented
                                               "Keep an eye
on the mountains and valleys."
                                          "Get out of the red
and stay in the black."
          "We have already been on the bad side.
We don't want to go back."

Heads shaved before church - beards in choir

Behind screen doors, Secrets shared with Secrets

Money offered to 'thimble'

Pitas split, passed

Rugs lay down facing God - Prayers flung

Prophets fast together



Editorials

Lay down your rug,
face God.
Now kneel.
All the ancient profits
hold hands in the shadows.
Thrown dirt 
can get in your eyes,
and we all know about specks and splinters.
Smile like a Mormon. Dance like a Hindu.
Play like a Buddhist.                 
                                                    Love.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Here's An Idea


September 11, 2001, an attempt by maniacs to hurt the United States of America. And the pain went through the citizens, families wept, the nation mourned, and flags waved at the peak of each pole. "We stand united," the nation cried.


Yet, nine years later, debate over Mosques being built around the country, as if Muslims did the damage, rather than fanatics. Maniacs. Let's politely disagree rather than dramatize difference of opinion and reach a mindful conclusion.

And many differences of opinion come to the surface of the Mosque debate. I'll leave it up to you to read (one view) the arguments (another view) and develop your own idea of whether or not it's legal to build or to deny, or if it's a matter of respect or "wisdom" to build two blocks from "Ground Zero." I'll say this much:

1) Absolutely allowed by 1st Amendment rights.
2) Muslims ought not build as a matter of respect.
3) A matter of respect for non-Muslims to acknowledge Muslims did NOT do this damage, but Maniacs.
4) We MUST acknowledge those who fell victim to the Maniacs were, in fact, Christians, Jews, Hindus, people of no faith, AND Muslims.
5) I hold as my opinion that anyone should have a place near "Ground Zero" to hold vigil and mourn those they loved in their own way.

     Let me continue from here with my idea:

This is an idea of COMPASSION, not STRENGTH. RESILIENCE, not ARROGANCE. GROWTH, not FEAR.

Along the perimeter of "Ground Zero," I recommend a community center sponsored by every arm of faith represented in the United States. A Christian Community Center, a Jewish Community Center, a Hindu Community Center, a Buddhist Community Center, and yes, an Islamic Community Center, for THIS IS WHAT THE United States ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. Unity despite faith. Pride among all faiths. Acknowledgment of all faiths. And, required by all faiths, Compassion.

This site does not need a tall building to show strength as a nation. THIS SITE NEEDS A REPRESENTATION OF THE RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, AND UNITY WE CLAIM AS CITIZENS.