30 Wednesday Nov 2022
Posted in MISC WRITINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY, VISUALS
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Bannerman Island, HISTORY, Hudson River, Myths, Nature, Phil Gennuso Arts, PHOTOGRAPHY, Poetry, Quatrain
Bannerman Island
home of castles and legends
a floating treasure
in the midst of the Hudson
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Bannerman Island is a legendary island that sits in the middle of the Hudson River up around West Point and Cornwall On The Hudson. It has a castle and a very interesting history! I hope to write more about it in the days to come.
04 Saturday Jun 2022
symbol of a people
heart of the city
it has stood the test of time
02 Saturday Apr 2022
We scaled, chiseled, resisted the wall
for so many years
and finally it collapsed
of its own weight
Today bombs are falling
in the East again
and we ask ourselves
with bewildered desperation –
Where did we go wrong?
Where did we go wrong?
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#StandWithUkraine #PeaceAndFreedom
08 Tuesday Mar 2022
Posted in Nature, PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY, VISUALS
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HISTORY, Nature, Phil Gennuso Arts, PHOTOGRAPHY, Poetry, Quatrain, Time
March vistas
two thousand twenty-one,
the beautiful serenity
of a riverside morning,
Today,
stunned and confused
by the chaos of our times,
we can only say with sadness,
what a difference
a year can make.
#StandWithUkraine
05 Sunday Dec 2021
Posted in MISC ITEMS, VISUALS
In memory of Bob Dole, a Patriot for all times. After being seriously injured in WW II, he lived to be 98 years old! A distinguished, productive life!
RIP Bob Dole.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He Pawas 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday on Twitter. Dole announced […]
Bob Dole, former senator and presidential candidate, dies at 98 — who13.com
01 Friday Oct 2021
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Refugees streaming across the seas,
no longer part of your past,
not yet a part of your future,
caught in a no man’s land,
without respite, without relief;
But families will grow stronger,
and prayers will become more resolute,
and the spirit of your ancestors
will prevail in your new home;
Their many gifts,
passed down through the ages,
and your persistent efforts,
will be appreciated at last,
and we all will reap and share
the bounty of your harvest,
and the beauty of your discoveries.
31 Tuesday Aug 2021
Posted in MISC WRITINGS, POETRY, VISUALS
So recently filled
with smiles and promise,
dark clouds now hang
over your future
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Zarifa Ghafari, the 27 year old mayor of a jurisdiction outside of Kabul, was forced to flee Afghanistan with her husband in order to save her life. Her dad, sadly, was not as fortunate. This may very well be an ominous foretaste for what may happen to the many Afghan women who took advantage of the original defeat of the Taliban, to develop their own lives, according to their own plans, without the oppressive set of rules imposed on women by the Taliban.
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Today, August 31, is the day of American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sadly not every American and not every Afghani and not every foreigner who wants to leave is out. In my opinion we should not have left in the first place.
One of the reasons we created an all volunteer Armed Services, is that if you do not think the missions are worth your sacrifice, you do not have to join. There were no massive protests demanding the US leave Afghanistan so prematurely. And everyone knew it would be premature.
At the very least there should have been Congressional hearings.
Foreign policy belongs to all 50 states, not just to the President and Presidential Party.
With that said, if we were going to leave and abandon the Afghan people, at least we should have stayed until everyone who wanted to leave had a chance to leave. Period.
August 31, 2021 will be a day we will never forget. I know I won’t.
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