HISTORY
HAS
UNYIELDING TRACKS ...
history has
unyielding tracks
whereon we carry surfeit,
as unrelenting refugees
into the future...
always in reach of a weapon's blow,
the child awe-struck by fear,
fear's howling gasp.
history...unyielding track,
path beaten - a scar
on the surface of the brain
creating the pattern
of half-formed fears;
creating the stairway
where, unwary, we climb.
this is no goat-path
for a frolic of leaping.
it is the unyielding track
of history, where rivals
on every step of tradition
claim transparent
rights: violence at the fist ,
signed,
ghost remedies in Law.
history...unyielding track,
path beaten - a scar
on the surface of the brain,
under which ominous arch
the innocent pursue joy...
love and freedom,
aspects of the will, long imprisoned.
history...unyielding
track,
path beaten - a scar
on the mind
at the threshold.
history without exits,
designed in a mirror
of gestures.
history...unyielding
track
that innocence surveys
entering the domain
of archetypes ruling
mankind's hands.
NOW ...
WALK ON YOUR HANDS
! NOW !
walk on your hands,
plant them naked
aslant this vital track
where, in freedom,
we greet
the daylight
and the dark.
jocelyn braddell©
Because of the deep seriousness of the political
crisis in the Middle East there are four articles on that
subject in this issue. The first is by Professor Ilen
Pappe who is threatened with academic dismissal from the
Israeli University in Haifa. It is a testimony to the
years he grew up in Israel and experiencing his doubts
and the changes in his knowledge of Palestinian and
Israeli life there.The second, a short piece on zealots
who still take more land in the desert, dressing
themselves as Bedouin shepherds. Third, the
Russian/Israeli, Israel Shamir, a journalist, writes one
of his most important articles on Russian and other
emigrants to Israel; and the last page of this group is
from two young men working on a Peace Camp, giving us
their hopes and ideas.
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