Angels' voices soaring to roll off the ceiling's curves, / numb hands pressed against grieving ones, / roaring winds pulling at the aged stones, / no threat to peace or pain inside the vault, / sharing the seeping warmth of love departed…
The Island
Tibnin Bridge
In 1999 I drove over Tibnin Bridge in the sweltering heat, / as the UN bus raised a trail of dust, / billowing up behind us, / the laughter onboard almost distracted me from my task…
Seen It
I have seen the love, / when Father makes himself into a bed, / to raise the weary child from off the deck, / cradling all the treasure of the world, / within his arms, underneath thin blankets…
Mother Jones
She was 93 years old, / Grandmother of all agitators, / Immigrant teacher's words stirred men to action, / She wrote her story down, / Passing labour's flame from Pennsylvania, / From coal-mining heartlands built on the bones of union…
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