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A baby-boomer born in Indonesia of Dutch parents who were also born in Indonesia I immigrated to Australia at the age of 15 months. Prevailing economic conditions precluded extending my eduction beyond high school and secretarial college.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Insanity: 3 of 142

I stood under the sun And came all undone. Now into the shade To the bed I had made. I saw a man, eyes full of dread He looked alive, but he was dead In his hand he held a crown O how the mighty have fallen down. I saw another with only one leg Who said to me, Go back, I beg. I kept on walking and still he cried The living ... More..
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars Efforts to deny the historical reality of the Holocaust: 2 of 47

One of the questions asked by those in Holocaust denial focuses on the number of survivors of concentration camps. How come there were so many survivors? Every Jewish family has a grandfather or great aunt who survived. The argument goes that with so many survivors, is it possible that the number of victims was exaggerated? ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Recovery: 2 of 34

HOW TO REJOIN THE HUMAN RACEWhen was the last time that you wrote a letterJust to make someone else feel better?The written word is proof that you careReady to connect with the world out there.Take a walk to the shops or catch a busThe people you meet make "me" part of "us"Look at those you meet with a smile on your faceSee t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues God and temptation: 6 of 91

"Lead us not into temptation" from the Lord's Prayer. Since childhood we've wondered - why do we ask GOD to not lead us into temptation? GOD doesn't lead people into temptation, does he? The devil does. God wants us to resist temptation - not to lead us into it. Wrong! The parable of Job teaches us differently. Picture it. ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Let me serenade you: 1 of 15

FOR DANIEL We'd only met a few hours before But you were the culmination Of recent dreams and starry hopes And wistful meditation. Our meeting was so perfect With only minimal pain We connected. We were right - My fears poured down the drain. But would our meeting compensate For years of deprivation? Oh yes. You were the o... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The sky: 8 of 119

You share your space with sun moon and starClose enough to see; but to touch? ... too farOne big canopy over all the worldPatterned and colored by clouds unfurled.Beneath your gaze, lie oceans and landYou are Day Two of creation's commandEyes and hands lift to you in prayerTo a God who hears somewhere up there.Dinosaurs and o... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In God's hands: 7 of 99

Not for us to carry the weights aloneOf loss or failure and disappointmentHis fragrance tempers these painful daysWith their measure of bitter ointment. So dark the path for stumbling feetHidden the snares and pitfalls layMore brightly than the noontime sunShines His light, imitatio dei. For the exile in the desertDesolate wh... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Is Holocaust history repeating itself with the genocide occuring in Darfur, Sudan: 2 of 28

More than 30 groups are comprised in the demographics of Darfur's ethnic divisions. Whatever their tribal backgrounds, perpetrators and victims were all Muslim.The Onset.Beginning early in 2003, the Sudanese military together with it's proxy militia, the Janjaweed, had slaughtered rebel groups in the Western region of Darfur ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Summer: 9 of 125

The weather fulfills the promise of springThose glorious days the sun will bring.Shorter nights and long warmer daysBasking and glowing in golden rays.Hopes revive to greet each new dawnDarkness flees the approaching morn.Shadows draw back and then disappearLike hidden thoughts of doubt and fear.When nature provides a gentle ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Holocaust: 2 of 26

He pictured the altars: envisioned the bloodAnd political tools to divert the flood.He would redirect his nation's woesAnd unmask the faces of their real foes.The monster thought and the monster plannedThe Continent's future lay in his hand.Millions of deaths - that should sufficeNothing was too great a sacrifice.He pictured ... More..