Making Chicken Broth (and trying to metabolize the horrors of war)

“I wish I could make enough soup to nourish the broken, injured, hurting, praying, people of the world.”
Not This Year

“I have lived enough to know there / are probably embers glowing…”
A Prayer for All People

“As we inhabit one Earth, we are one human family…”
At Least This Time There’s a Grave

“A thousand funerals in / one day   a shortage of diggers / an excess of graves.”
Taking Sides

“I will breathe through tears. / I will swallow pride. / I will bite my tongue.
I will offer love…”
Amazon is Sold Out of Sackcloth

“What about the kids in war, my nieces ask? / They hide, the eldest says.”
Once Upon A Time Last Weekend

“Once upon the time / last weekend,
something changed the composition of my body, / my memories, / and the way that I breathe.”
Peace

“I find peace in the world /not in running away from it.”
Jerusalem Still Stands

“Two weeks / have passed / since rockets / split the skies, / and invaders / split our hearts.”
A Prayer for Sheltering Light

I want you to know because maybe you don’t Maybe they didn’t teach you or maybe they taught you the opposite In home In prayer In school I know I […]