Monthly Archives: November 2023
Miyajima 2023
Posted on November 10, 2023 Leave a Comment
Miyajima, an island in Hiroshima Bay, captivated me in 2017 when I squeezed in a visit before the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park This year I stayed overnight. Miyajima is mostly mountains and jungle touched in many places, like so much of Japan, by centuries of Japanese spirituality and culture. Miyajima’s immense popularity as a tourist […]
Children
Posted on November 1, 2023 Leave a Comment
Children A universal group Indistinguishable By their race By the colour of their skin By the religion The bigotry The hatred The thirst for revenge Of adults Those who show selective compassion for the suffering of children Those whose hearts don’t ache for any child caught in a maelstrom of adult violence Those who consider […]
Gerry Roberts 
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