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Nature, Beauty, and Healing
The old monk was ill and far from his homeland. When asked about his illness, he had great difficulty making himself understood. Various tests were applied and remedies tried, but it was clear he was getting worse as each day passed. The abbot grew desperate and decided to send him to a nearby monastery up…
SIX NEW POEMS
SIX NEW POEMS Dealing with the Devil The snake’s tongue touches on deeper down into the darkness of all my appetites, given to me by the One, who made the snake and the death dealing flea, made the virus, and the man, the hero, planet poisoner, god killer, savior, made woman, wisdom’s source, more beautiful …
My War Story: Part 1
by Richard MesserReconstructed from conversations with Stefania Engelhardt Frank What is happening in Ukraine today is very reminiscent of the story told to me by my friend Stephania. What follows is her story of WWII. Over half of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust lived in Poland before they perished. Warsaw had the…
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