In
the End
Nam created Dog
in His own Image;
In His own Image
created He
Him.
- from Chapter K9 of The Unknown Book of Nam's Penultimate Daze -
My New Year's poem titled Bukowski Night (written in 2009) can be found by entering my name, Gwilym Williams, in the search box at Ink, Sweat & Tears (<<< click link).
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NOW BEING
THE YEAR'S TURN
IT'S INTO THE UNKNOWN FUTURE WE GO
AS TRAVELLERS IN SPACE ;
IN GOING WE MAY WISH OURSELVES LUCK
AND SHOULD WE FEEL THE NEED TO PRAY
WE SHOULD PRAY TO THE KIND GODS WHO SEE OUR GOOD SIDE;
AND WHEN WE PRAY
OR DO NOT PRAY
AS THE CASE MAY BE
WE MAY REMEMBER A LESSON OF HISTORY:
FEAR BREEDS HATE, AND HATE IN TURN BREEDS INJUSTICE
WHICH BREEDS BRUTALITY
WHICH BREEDS MORE FEAR . . .
BREAKING THE CIRCLE WILL BE DONE
BY ELIMINATING FEAR
AND FEAR WILL BE ELIMINATED
BY REPLACING IT WITH LOVE. THERE ARE
THREE THINGS: FAITH; HOPE AND LOVE
AND THE GREATEST
OF THESE
IS LOVE.
WE MUST ALWAYS BE GUIDED BY THE GOLDEN RULE
UT TIBI SIC ALIS.
HERE IS MY TRANSLATION IN PLAIN ENGLISH:
BE GOOD TO YOURSELVES AND BE KIND TO OTHERS.
My thanks to the many of you from all over the world who visit this website. I am deeply humbled.
My answer is not about your blog Gwil but in answer to your interesting e mail about Japan and its attitude to the homeless. They haven't changed. My first husband (who died in 19910 was a prisoner of the Japanese and on the so called Death Railway. Many years later we went to the theatre in Birmingham to see the Opera 'From the House of the Dead'. The opening scene was of rocks and was in complete darkness and as the 'daylight' came up, from each of these rocks a figure covered in sacking rose and dragged himself across stage. My husband had to go out and came back in again later - the memories were too strong.
ReplyDeletePat, I sincerely appreciate that comment. So much is being hidden about this whole Fukushima business. Environmentally sensitive fish are dying in the Pacific, starfish and sea cucumbers for example. And now I read there is something wrong with the eagles in an area in the USA where the radiation blew through. And then on top of that to read of the homeless being used to clear the Fukushima debris for a pittance and then the sailors on the carrier Ronald Reagan who are now suffering from strange ailments including cancers and that being hushed up too . . . and the earthquake which shook Fukushima recently not even on the news . . . and so on, etc. And why when everybody was telling them them to evacuate to 80kms they only evacuated to 20kms. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED THEM was the wind direction. It was blowing to the east.
ReplyDeletelet me wish you a happy new year Dear Gwilym and most certainly use Irish whisky I always have a Jamesons myself if out for a meal.
ReplyDeleteheres to you and yours (and may the welsh take it easy on us this six nations)
aye John
When it comes to a wee tipple we are birds of a feather. I believe the 6 Nations is a rugby tournament played by men with odd shaped balls. That being the case anything could happen. Thanks for your good wishes John and the same to you and yours. Aye Gwilym
ReplyDeleteYes, well, ut tibi sic allis, of course, all the year round; any day can be your own "new year". So if your new year is now, Happy New Year. For me, well it might be sometime, tomorrow, next week, next month, who knows.
ReplyDeleteRachel, as you rightly say any day can be one's New Year's Day, and for me it is the season when the daily ration of daylight in the northern hemisphere begins to increase again as our planet swings round the star.
ReplyDeleteThe season known as Saturnalia. One of the reasons my ancestors built Stonehenge I suppose.
Today it does not feel like Saturnalia at all as it was almost dark at midday and we had a strangely violent thunderstorm.
ReplyDeleteWarm breeze from south. Flock of birds flying north.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe you.
ReplyDelete:-(
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