Two things come to mind here. First, the banned books in my grade school library in the 1960s. They were Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Yearling, Slaughterhouse Five, and Flowers for Algernon (Charley).
Second, an episode of the Waltons where John Boy was witness and halted a book burning where the preacher was burning books in retaliation to the Germans burning books and Mein Kampf. The preacher threw a book in the fire with all the townspeople looking on when John Boy picked the book out of the fire. It was the German Bible. John Boy asked if there was anyone present who could read German. A woman stepped up and read from the book a bible passage.
Banning and burning books is a hate-inspired ire and tirade destructive to the human soul. To sacrifice and censor literature is irreparable and a Communist plot to sap our will. Without books, there is no paradise! Extinguish the hate, people!
Each person is but a grain of sand resting beside the sea. This thought sets the tone for Jill Eisnaugle’s latest poetry collection, Beside Still Waters.
Perhaps "..Quiet Storm" will help rekindle old flames buried and long forgotten or express the love so deeply locked inside of your soul longing to be released.
Regardless of where you may be found in love this beautiful masterpiece can be
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Good poem.
Second, an episode of the Waltons where John Boy was witness and halted a book burning where the preacher was burning books in retaliation to the Germans burning books and Mein Kampf. The preacher threw a book in the fire with all the townspeople looking on when John Boy picked the book out of the fire. It was the German Bible. John Boy asked if there was anyone present who could read German. A woman stepped up and read from the book a bible passage.
Banning and burning books is a hate-inspired ire and tirade destructive to the human soul. To sacrifice and censor literature is irreparable and a Communist plot to sap our will. Without books, there is no paradise! Extinguish the hate, people!
Sage
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