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101 Reasons for Flogging, Raping, Stoning & Killing Women
I collected these over the years. They are from around the world and from throughout time; from way past to the way of the present.
Mar 8, 2010, 06:56
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A Moslem Missive to a Jewish Friend
I say, Israel farts in the face of the Lord and in the face of the whole world all the time by rubbing it in raw and gloating and hectoring gracelessly thus: we want the Arabs and the Palestinians and the Moslems to know that they are a defeated people; we want them to feel defeat, disgrace, dishonour, degradation, humiliation in the marrow of their bones; we want them to eat bilious bitterness and rancid resentment for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner every day of their lousy lives!
Jan 25, 2010, 22:27
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Thoughts on War & Poetry
Ken Norris was born in NYC in 1951 and emigrated to Canada in the early 1970s. He was one of the early editors at Vehicule Press and one of the Vehicule Poets. He currently teaches Canadian Literature at the University of Maine, and has been known to travel a lot.
Jan 5, 2010, 14:42
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Poets should stay out of it.
David Solway's most recent book of poetry is The Properties of Things (Biblioasis). His prose study, Hear, O Israel!, appeared in October, 2009 (Mantua Books).
Jan 5, 2010, 14:38
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Whatever Else Poetry May Be
This scene was of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair on a porch while inside the house, behind the man, a woman was being beaten or raped. The man knew what was going on and feigned deafness, feigned not knowing what was happening only feet away.
Jan 3, 2010, 13:54
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War & Silence
I couldn’t help feeling that I had somehow transgressed an unspoken code of conduct, simply by making an attempt to address the actual conditions of living in our times. The general tenor of the event was, like most things ‘CBC’, quite ‘light’. I had a sense that we ‘contestants’ were expected to be witty, intelligent (but not too intellectual), knowledgeable, entertaining ...
Jan 3, 2010, 13:43
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“La Guerre, Yes M’am!”
We read Colleen Wagner’s play, The Monument, which echoes the Bosnian conflict and the way in which the male organ became a weapon of war wreaking havoc on the women, raping, impregnating, murdering. My students interview members of the staff who served in Kosovo and participated in the Canadian Operation Medak Pocket, when the Canadian military negotiated tactically with the Bosnian belligerents to affect a pull-out.
Dec 25, 2009, 10:09
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Neither War Nor Silence
On June 29, 1895, about 7,000 Spirit Wrestlers burned their weapons in a decisive demonstration of pacifism. In effect, the Burning of Guns in Russia probably became the world's first Peace Rally.
Dec 12, 2009, 08:14
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War & Silence
The majority of Vera David Heisler's works are oil paintings, electrograph images and sculptures. Born in Nemesnadudvar, Hungary, she is one of the pioneers of the new electronic media in her country.
Dec 11, 2009, 10:42
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History of Poetry Plus
Poetry Plus continues to cater to a wide range of talent. We encourage all ages, regardless of whether or not the reader is published. Our success at fostering and promoting individual literary careers is nothing short of impressive.
Nov 21, 2009, 12:43
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