tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.comments2024-03-18T18:18:52.042-07:00STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue SkySherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger47992125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-46724222394294078402024-03-18T18:18:52.042-07:002024-03-18T18:18:52.042-07:00I know my backpack is full and some days the weigh...I know my backpack is full and some days the weight is unbearable. Then I remember to take out a stone, feather or song I have tucked away. The journey is about balance.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-8187038862541717642024-03-18T09:24:11.524-07:002024-03-18T09:24:11.524-07:00So many questions that I wish could be answered by...So many questions that I wish could be answered by the world truly listening and realizing what has been done. Heartfelt and beautiful Sherry!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-82453856988734724872024-03-18T09:05:45.558-07:002024-03-18T09:05:45.558-07:00Indeed our backs are burdened with all that we mus...Indeed our backs are burdened with all that we must carry...both the bad and the good! Your poem is rich in detail and thought!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-17860192454235665792024-03-17T18:44:12.558-07:002024-03-17T18:44:12.558-07:00"When will we collectively
face the fact
that..."When will we collectively<br />face the fact<br />that we are in deep shit?" - Awesome. Says it perfectly clearly.qbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373768695201177514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-79022187931420741822024-03-15T09:00:21.736-07:002024-03-15T09:00:21.736-07:00Oh we do live in a mad world which you have captur...Oh we do live in a mad world which you have captured so well. We need a guide who can see without the eyes of greed. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-8937305776037299072024-03-15T07:36:58.984-07:002024-03-15T07:36:58.984-07:00This is heartbreaking reality I wish no child had ...This is heartbreaking reality I wish no child had to live. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-22793370834472263902024-03-14T19:24:25.727-07:002024-03-14T19:24:25.727-07:00That is an unanswerable question. My sister in l...That is an unanswerable question. My sister in law was a teacher in a primary school shortly after refugees from the Vietnam war arrived in Australia. When a truck dumped a load of gravel and made a big bang the kids all hit the floor and hid under their desks. They're all grown up and most are happy, productive adults. I guess the answer to your question is that healing is possible in the right circumstances but it takes time. Suzanne - Wayfaring - Wordpress blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-92101637408725912652024-03-14T17:02:58.004-07:002024-03-14T17:02:58.004-07:00"Human evolution is unfinished.
We are badly ..."Human evolution is unfinished.<br />We are badly in need of a visionary."<br /><br />Every word of this poem is true. Where do we find a visionary? Beautiful, Sherrypurplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-5471057761415262912024-03-14T09:22:03.981-07:002024-03-14T09:22:03.981-07:00Sherry,
It's so hard to know where to start wi...Sherry,<br />It's so hard to know where to start within the murder, mayhem and suffering that those little children are living amongst at present. Hard to imagine that survival is basically from moment to moment; starving each and every second. <br />I feel so helpless watching the emerging scenes of pain and misery on the news..I never thought that this degree of inhumanity could continue...not even a crumb of comfort... <br />Eileen T O'Neill .....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325632298717325699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-7007464305930900032024-03-14T07:11:38.778-07:002024-03-14T07:11:38.778-07:00Wayward hope is a great line and there is so much ...Wayward hope is a great line and there is so much that is happening, this is a call to change. Great words.alan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-67048473380393269142024-03-14T06:31:05.733-07:002024-03-14T06:31:05.733-07:00This is heart felt and rips at the inside. Sufferi...This is heart felt and rips at the inside. Suffering is never acceptable and this captures the truth it brings. Well Donealan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-89431869379925803602024-03-14T05:59:49.772-07:002024-03-14T05:59:49.772-07:00I feel the same. My wayward hopes are withering a...I feel the same. My wayward hopes are withering as well!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-22300743945741925222024-03-14T02:24:39.431-07:002024-03-14T02:24:39.431-07:00It is a terrible situation - and it guarantees to ...It is a terrible situation - and it guarantees to perpetuate terrorism.Kim Whysall-Hammondhttps://thecheesesellerswife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-45165459305719999012024-03-13T15:32:47.012-07:002024-03-13T15:32:47.012-07:00It is all horrifying, whatever group of people are...It is all horrifying, whatever group of people are suffering. Nobody ever wins.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-24941471641478666362024-03-13T13:44:06.767-07:002024-03-13T13:44:06.767-07:00They don't deserve to be stuck like that, like...They don't deserve to be stuck like that, like in a factory farm, like nonhuman beings also don't deserve. Horrors everywhere we look, let's flee to the trails Sherry.Christine Lowthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-43530075003228186042024-03-13T13:41:43.197-07:002024-03-13T13:41:43.197-07:00You made me LOL againYou made me LOL againChristine Lowthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-67951061040465021622024-03-13T10:53:51.879-07:002024-03-13T10:53:51.879-07:00Before the prompt of the day I wrote the following...Before the prompt of the day I wrote the following short by-the-seat-of-my-pants poem... which speaks to the heart-rending time ....<br /><br />How do you fight a peaceful war?<br />Risen from crematoria ash <br />To protect safe haven and never again <br />How do you fight a peaceful war?<br />With adversaries who pledge annihilation <br />As innocents run and fall in the cross-fire <br />How do you fight a peaceful war?<br />Not until the spring rain falls with <br />wet white olive blossoms of hope in <br />dappled sunshine glistening <br />over verdant land<br />Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-16847417653903788912024-03-13T09:26:45.564-07:002024-03-13T09:26:45.564-07:00We’re always being told that children are resilien...We’re always being told that children are resilient, but I have known people who were scarred by the London Blitz. Falling bombs never leave you; they often fall in your dreams. You have evoked sadness and despair with your poem, Sherry. It should be read by so many more people.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-9055130146890095572024-03-13T09:20:47.361-07:002024-03-13T09:20:47.361-07:00I wrote on the same topic....awful reality!...Rall...I wrote on the same topic....awful reality!...RallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-6659720065826031532024-03-13T09:14:59.500-07:002024-03-13T09:14:59.500-07:00War is a business so this type of suffering will n...War is a business so this type of suffering will never stop. How sad!! "while the whole world watches?" Isn't this eerie? No one has any intention to stop this. Heartbreaking.Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-56860323529894545962024-03-13T09:02:18.144-07:002024-03-13T09:02:18.144-07:00I think I kind of wrote about the same thing, Sher...I think I kind of wrote about the same thing, Sherry. Those children will be traumatized for ever- the things their eyes have seen.. horror after horror. While the world watches, not idly, but sending more money and arms. Rajanihttps://thotpurge.wordpress.com/2024/03/13/remembering-3/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-30301407820762899662024-03-13T04:43:55.007-07:002024-03-13T04:43:55.007-07:00That's an awesome plaque!! Many care. They jus...That's an awesome plaque!! Many care. They just don't have much power. POWER TO THE POETS!!Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-5059225651631584742024-03-12T16:08:45.419-07:002024-03-12T16:08:45.419-07:00The kind of people--like you and I--who care about...The kind of people--like you and I--who care about the animals and birds, are exactly the opposite of the kind of people who rise to positions of power in this world. I can't think about it too much or I'd sink into despair. Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-1149936735360201992024-03-12T12:07:57.971-07:002024-03-12T12:07:57.971-07:00"while the whole world watches"
It blows..."while the whole world watches"<br />It blows my mind that I can go on with my daily life as if it mattered . . . . Straight to the point!Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-816815128383594222024-03-12T09:26:02.014-07:002024-03-12T09:26:02.014-07:00Sigh, the children who survive will be forever sca...Sigh, the children who survive will be forever scarred (and scared). Such inhumanity. A powerful reminder, Sherry!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.com