Beyond the Reign of Terror

July 12, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Bastille Day, which is celebrated on July 14.

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A Bastille Day poem about the hope that continues to survive brutality:

Beyond the Reign of Terror,

Beyond the tyranny,

A silence lingers just offshore

Like fog upon the sea.

Is it death? Or is it

A future yet unknown?

Or is it in one’s flooded heart

A longing all one’s own?

It is eternal hope,

A peace that has no when,

Hanging just offshore, beyond

One’s brutal mise-en-scène.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Bastille Day

7/8: Brace Yourself for Love, for It Is Coming

7/9: Beware of Power Absolute, Unshared

7/10: Because the Root of Poverty Is Injustice

7/11: Blessed Are Those Who Compromise Their Visions

7/12: Beyond the Reign of Terror