Matthew Anish Poet I do not know?

The Ghost of Chanukah Past - a Brief Digression

Russian melodies are 
haunting 
       The USSR has 
faded into dust
       The menorah lights 
shine as usual 
     but tiimes have 
certainly changed
    As Tolkien pointed 
out (paraphrasing) there 
    is a "new power" 
rising in the world"
          America is 
changing 
   A. Ginsberg - a latter day 
        prophet 
Spoke of 
      "The Fall of America"
         perhaps he 
was correct 
       We Americans may be living on borrowed 
 time
   The time of change has certainly   
          arrived
Peace - poet brothers and sisters

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Doris Culverhouse January 2, 2010 at 6:32 PM peace to you!!

Andrea Dietrich January 2, 2010 at 11:02 AM So you feel it too, huh? I am a child of the 50's to 60's. Times have really changed. I saw things this past decade I never ever would have predicted. It's actually pretty scary. My son just became a lawyer and the decline truly begins with the children, and the broken homes are cause for a horrible decline that even getting out of a recession cannot cure. Good write. Andrea

Geoffery Mchugh December 12, 2009 at 9:00 PM Enjoyed the poem, though I would hope that Because the strongest, smartest, best and brightest reside here we will rise- either up or from the ashes.

Robert A. Dufresne December 12, 2009 at 11:14 AM Methinks there is no doubt about that, Mathew. Peace be to you also,brother. -Robert