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Grief Daily Witness Day 441

by: RubDMC

Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 15:08:29 PM PDT

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

crossposted at My Left Wing, Booman Tribune, and my blog.

Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman is killed but it's unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.
(AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Alan Kim)

RubDMC :: Grief Daily Witness Day 441

Ghost Notes (an excerpt)
by Ralph Burns

for Danny Fletcher

I. Call and Response

It's beauty people fear, bright
rose riding on Aunt Billie's forehead,
the way light makes green everything
after her pickled okra, stubble
in the hands of day labor, callouses
of a parade of things and
touching them without seeing
or hearing without knowledge,
dumbstruck by a brooding need to define
or look without a place
to grieve, beauty and not faith
in truth in the light of justice --
just reach and nothing's there
but what's there already.

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April is National Poetry Month

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Grief Daily Witness Day 441 | 8 comments

for justice and healing (10.50 / 6)

The candle that DianeL first lit many months ago, and which has become such an important part of these diaries since, is still available here.

You can copy that image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), craft your own image, and/or rate this one - not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment - as a sign that you know, but do not approve, and are not resigned.

"...psychopaths have little difficulty infiltrating the domains of...politics, law enforcement, (and) government." Dr. Robert Hare

by: RubDMC @ Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 17:09:17 PM CDT

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I witness (9.40 / 5)

For innocents everywhere

Give me love, give me love, Give me peace on earth Give me light, give me life Keep me free from birth ...WWGHD

by: anniethena @ Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 17:18:33 PM CDT

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Peace (9.20 / 5)

the revolution will be live

by: towne @ Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 17:18:49 PM CDT

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Peace to all! N/T (9.33 / 3)

by: alohaleezy @ Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 17:54:59 PM CDT

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Day 441 (9.00 / 2)

peace

parvum opus

by: olivia @ Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 20:26:29 PM CDT

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You left Kos too ? (5.00 / 1)

Don't tell me they banned the daily grief ?!?!?

Well at least you are still here and at Booman!

by: lawnorder @ Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 16:55:33 PM CDT

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I don't know any details, (5.00 / 1)

but I suspect it's an issue with the images, like OPOL.

Peace!

"Truth has no time of its own. Its hour is now -- always, and indeed then most truly when it seems most unsuitable to actual circumstances."

by: roysol @ Wed Apr 18, 2007 at 16:58:58 PM CDT

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I didn't leave... (0.00 / 0)

...but I did stop posting these diaries, as noted in this diary.

Good to see you around. You changed my life, y'know.

"...psychopaths have little difficulty infiltrating the domains of...politics, law enforcement, (and) government." Dr. Robert Hare

by: RubDMC @ Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 20:57:41 PM CDT

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