“I watch CNN but I’m not sure I can tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran”. If Alan Jackson had written that song today, I don’t think he could have said the same. The truth is that Iraq and Iran and the difference between them has become the crucial question at the center of [...]
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October 17, 2007
Limes
A Limerick
You once could buy limes for a dime
But money has changed over time
Our dollars are paper
The coins are a caper
O isn’t the Fed just sublime?
© 2005 Benjamin Wolaver
October 17, 2007
The Soul Of Democracy
By Benjamin Wolaver
Once considered the ‘Great Experiment,’ American democracy has become the “Great Standard” by whose light all other nations are examined. In this time of war, we have recognized that freedom is synonymous with peace. If government of the people must be government by the people, then freedom of the people must be freedom [...]
October 17, 2007
Scales
Journey through the void of space,
Avoid the face of swirling stars.
Celestial orbs enthroned in light
Once far, now here, right where you are.
In-between are worlds apart
Warped and rural, mural skies.
Crystal seas reflect the Glories,
Watchers winged with sapphire eyes.
Dive beneath the solid waves
Crust of earth that is not Earth
Fire rivers flowing where
Humankind does not give birth.
Closer still [...]
October 17, 2007
Joan Of Arc
Her story lives in history
A legacy of love
For country, honor, liberty
A saint, both hawk and dove
Maid Joan of Arc, compelled by God
To wield her sword and fight
And thus reclaim her country’s sod
From England’s ruthless might
Turn back the years to Domrémy town
The passion of her youth
Was loyalty to Charles’ crown
And love of God and truth
She mourns [...]