Keith,
the chickens are now coming home to roost on this matter; the slurs, libels and slander directed at Corbyn have now been demonstrated to be a pack of lies. A hypocritical hierarchy of racism being in place for years.
This quote from a black leading campaigner against racism, a respected author and academic, speaks volumes: “As a matter of principle, I cannot continue to work with the Anglican church…after the archbishop of Canterbury’s disgraceful endorsement of the chief rabbi’s unjust condemnation of Jeremy Corbyn and the entire Labour party.”
He wrote to the C of E’s national adviser on minority ethnic issues saying: “those who occupy houses clad with stained glass should perhaps be a trifle more careful when they join others in throwing stones”.
Here’s a link on this story:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/03/academic-quits-c-of-e-body-over-chief-rabbis-labour-antisemitism-comments
Comment is about Dinner or Destruction (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
A Dr explored my prostate cave the other week, John. He had fingers like Zeppelins. I don't think I'll ever walk the same again. 🥹
Comment is about FROM EAST-NORTH-EAST TO WEST-NORTH-WEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
A sad truth wonderfully penned. 👏
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Palimpsest. Holden, you never fail to educate me! Brilliant, as always.
Comment is about Farce. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Tue 5th Mar 2024 22:01
Thank you so much, Landi, for your kind comment! 😊
Comment is about Farce. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
Uilleam, I am with you. The so called Archbishop of Canterbury refused to meet with a Lutheran Pastor from Bethlehem because he had shared the same platform as Jeremy Corbyn. What brand of Christianity does he preach? What example does he set? I find this to be disgraceful. Has he been bought too? It would appear that most of the Establishment have been.
Thanks,
Keith
Comment is about Dinner or Destruction (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
No surprises there, the elites are extensively inter-connected.
Comment is about Best-selling artist Taylor Swift 'related to reclusive Emily Dickinson' (article)
Original item by Greg Freeman
Thanks Stephen,
Your collection of poetry can only help in the fight for freedom and bring forth an urgent peace to a much loved country in this bitter conflict.
Comment is about Seekers of Death Sacrifice Their Own (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
The juxtaposition of casuistry and paucity is subtle--so fine...
Comment is about Farce. (blog)
Original item by Holden Moncrieff
It's more to contemplate than the words betray )
Comment is about Can't Sing Along (blog)
Original item by Manish
Thank you all, like many people I love the Lakes and was horrified to learn about the visible deterioration of Windermere’s water quality. If we can’t protect the Lake District (or indeed our rivers and chalk streams), what can we protect?
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Oh, and he says make sure they wash hands and say grace first.
Comment is about Dinner or Destruction (blog)
Original item by keith jeffries
Make peace?
You've got to be joking-there's money to be made-all those armament jobs-besides, how are we going to standard test our shiny new weapons?
Comment is about The Gap (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thanks Keith.
The generosity of the "Civilised West" knows no bounds.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says it's all ok, as long as we sing "Onward Christian Soldiers", and the Lord's Prayer through our bullhorns, whilst we drop them 1 packed lunch per person for 1 day, so we can carry on bombing with a clear conscience. Tally-Ho chaps! Oh what a lovely war!
Comment is about Dinner or Destruction (blog)
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Thanks Robert.
How dare cyclists cycle, helping to prevent air pollution and lung disease amongst the most vulerable of our population including children and the disabled. Such selfish behaviour!
Comment is about Road Rage (blog)
Original item by Robert Shersby
Thanks Robert.
Nothing as frightening as a blank page waiting to be filled!😦
Comment is about Typing Pool (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Wonderful poem, Stephen. Unfortunately having Israelis and Palestinians feuding over the same scrap of land will run and run.
Comment is about The Gap (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
This is such a great and impactful poem, Stephen. And like Graham has mentioned, "you truly are WOL's Ukraine Laureate." It's been an absolute pleasure reading your work and knowing you.😊
Comment is about The Gap (blog)
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Comment is about Typing Pool (blog)
Original item by Robert C Gaulke
Thank you Stephen,
Very kind of you to be so complimentary.
I have attached a link to the piece which provides a video and some explanation of my thinking on the matter of current indifference.
I also link it here for convenience.
https://wolfgarwords.com/2024/03/05/oh-jerusalem-why-hast-thou-foresaken-them/
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
leon stolgard
Tue 5th Mar 2024 09:56
For me R.A. this poem is an awesome well constructively thought out poem cleverly inclusive of Wordsworthian tit-bits. 👍
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
leon stolgard
Tue 5th Mar 2024 09:52
If only both sides had the courage to turn around eh Stephen
No matter how far from this conflict?/war we are poems like yours are a neccessary way of continually banging on the door of peace and have to keep on banging until someone preferably God opens it
I watched the siege of Mariupol on tv last night
now I know what hell looks like
keep banging Stephen 👍
Comment is about The Gap (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
It could indeed have been the motivation for the film, Stephen.
Au contraire, Greg; mine has been extensively explored.
And thanks for the Likes, David, Holden and John.
Comment is about FROM EAST-NORTH-EAST TO WEST-NORTH-WEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
This has me thinking back to those heady days. The summer of love. Make peace not war etc! Can it really be so long and nothing has really changed. One only has to look at football crowds to see how tribal people really are and how quickly they can be whipped up into a hateful frenzy and being to fight!
I liked the different stance in this piece Stephen. You truly are WOL's Ukraine Laureate. Well done again.
G
Comment is about The Gap (blog)
Original item by Stephen Gospage
Thank you Tom and Leon, I'm glad that you both liked it.😊
Leon, it's good to see you back on WOL my friend, I'm enjoying reading your poems.
And thanks for all the likes.
Comment is about Can't Sing Along (blog)
Original item by Manish
Truly, you are becoming the poet of prostate, John. I'm sure you could put together a collection out of this little-explored poetic subject.
Comment is about FROM EAST-NORTH-EAST TO WEST-NORTH-WEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thanks for this Nigel. 'Two years - too many graves' puts it starkly, and with perfection.
Comment is about Seekers of Death Sacrifice Their Own (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
This is beautifully and sincerely written, David. It stands on its own as a piece of art.
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
I feel your pain, John. I wonder whether Cary Grant had this problem? That film sounds a bit like this.
Comment is about FROM EAST-NORTH-EAST TO WEST-NORTH-WEST (blog)
Original item by John Coopey
Thank you John.
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Aye it’s not my best this one…
I’ll put another one on I’ve just done which I think you’ll love
Comment is about Goole (blog)
Original item by Robert Shersby
I like the interweaving of the distasteful reality with Wordsworth's idyll.
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Thanks for all your likes
Stephen G
Hugh
Holden
Manish
and
Tim.
Comment is about Seekers of Death Sacrifice Their Own (blog)
Original item by Nigel Astell
Just a poem, David? It’s a beast of a poem.
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
leon stolgard
Mon 4th Mar 2024 18:34
Definitely your best poem to date Manish 👍
Comment is about Can't Sing Along (blog)
Original item by Manish
Hi Sarah, I really enjoyed this - I'm so sorry to hear that you find being mum at times so stressful but well done for going ahead with the party anyway - you're obviously a great mum - I think it's a very heart-felt clever poem.
Comment is about Mum, can I have a party (blog)
Original item by sarah rich
I always thought you were a Goolie!
Just a tip, Rob. As soon as you post a poem it deletes your previous poem from the common blog. It does stay on your own blog page.
Comment is about Goole (blog)
Original item by Robert Shersby
Thank you for your response Uilleam.
In response to your comment and with hope of forebearance of those not interested I would add the following.
As you have observed the title of the poem is meant as a direct reference to the alleged last words of Christ. I was going to call the piece "Eli eli lama sabachthani" but I thought that might be a little too obtuse of me.
Regarding conspiracy theories, they proliferate and are easily manufactured. The basic elements of the unravelling of what is or once was referred to as "The Holy Land" are easily enough visible to anyone with their eyes open, although complex and labyrinthine.
The Abrahamic religions do possess an historic element of disregard when it comes to the suffering of children of an alternate god. Indeed the Roman Catholic Church entertained in some of its leadership the sheltering of Nazi War criminals in respect of their crimes against the Jewish people. Beyond that we could track back to the Jihadist Crusades of The Knights Templar, a masonic order the remnants of which still exist today. You'll see English Football and Rugby supporters proudly mimicking their attire whislt downing creamy pints..."Forgive them Father they know not what they do" and niether do they care, evidently.
My point is, if we are all children of god where are we when those of some other god are suffering. In fact where is god?
My personal experiance of Jerusalem and its Disney like attraction to "believers" has very much coloured my opinion.
Of course I do recognise the sincerely held belief of thousands in their scripture, but where are they when it comes to action. Turning the other cheek? a blind eye might be a better analogy.
Anyway, my thanks to you and to those who sent flowers.
I've just reminded myself of an insightful Jewish story regarding the telling of a joke about the holocaust, I hope you will indulge it.
A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust dies and goes to heaven. Somewhat suprised to find God himself at the gates to eternity he asks if he can relate a joke about his time in Auschwitz. With some reluctance God says yes OK if you must. After the telling of the joke God relates that he didn't find it funny... the response comes,
"Yes, I guess you had to be there"
It's just a poem.
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
Thank you David.
At the moment of his death, the crucified Jesus is said to have cried out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?".
The answer to which, as you you suggest, is, of course, that those whose God IS business and power (or any combination of the two) simply do not care about the suffering (including that of the Israeli citizens) being caused in their names.
At this very moment, those citizens -Jews -are angrily protesting against Netanyahu, on the streets with placards protesting against his involvement in the spending of Billions? of dollars, to enable Hamas to destroy what was once an imminent peace process.
But of course, That's all an "Anti-Semitic conspiracy trope" spread around by "Christians" such as me...yeah right!
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
My question here is to ask the multiple seats of religion camped in Jerusalem why their figureheads and some intermediaries for God are not placing themselves in harms way to protect those they would surely regard as gods children.
Why is the Pope not under the bombardment of Gaza, where are the religious defenders. Where is their great faith?. Religion and humanity as separate as ever they were. The man called Christ would surely have placed himself in harms way.
Of course it's business and power. And then there is the everyday evil which men do without the need of gods.
This scribble clearly seeks to ask the question where are the religious peacemakers and defenders of all gods children. It does not seek to lay blame for the cause of resultant circumstanses at their temple doors. That is some other matter entirely.
David
Comment is about Oh Jerusalem, Why hast thou forsaken them? (blog)
Original item by David RL Moore
rob1967able
Mon 4th Mar 2024 05:10
That means a lot to me Tim, thank you.
Comment is about Table for Two (blog)
Original item by Manish
The beauty of the rhyming and rhythm makes this polluted tragedy even more poignant. The perfect use of poetry, RA.
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
Will do 😀
Comment is about The Greatest Ever…. Cup and Ball Trick (blog)
Original item by Robert Shersby
I hope you do this last trick at Thursday’s Open Mic, Rob.
Comment is about The Greatest Ever…. Cup and Ball Trick (blog)
Original item by Robert Shersby
Thanks RA.
An increasing problem there, and in all our waterways - it looks like Wordsworth's fears for the area were justified?
But let's not indulge in "the politics of envy" eh, those company directors are only trying to earn an honest crust!
Comment is about Floating out on Windermere (blog)
Original item by R A Porter
You know a poem is written well when the reader feels their own heart ache from the words.
Thank you Manish
Comment is about Table for Two (blog)
Original item by Manish
Manish Singh Rajput
Tue 5th Mar 2024 23:09
I really loved this poem Tim, It took me on a ride. I loved the contemplation described in the second stanza, especially the last few lines -
"Beauty is desired by the eyes as the heart seeks love’s longevity
True love is felt in a heart that is blind to what the eyes can see"
Thank you for this.
Comment is about You Can’t See Love (blog)
Original item by Tim Higbee