Israel's Children

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: October 28, 2023

Thoughts on children caught up in Israeli-Hamas war as seen through the perspective of artist Gordon Wetmore…

Painting by Gordon Wetmore

The children screamed.
The children cried.
Denied their rights,
the children died.
As terror stalked the promised land,
the innocent were stilled.

And since they cannot
voice their plight
(these victims of Hamas’s blight),
we speak for all whose blood calls out
for justice with a price.

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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: October 28, 2023

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