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Posted on October 27, 2023

Song Of Palestine – A Homeland More Than Ruin; A People More Than Suffering

Precious. Valid. Storied. Human.

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Posted on October 26, 2023October 26, 2023

Song Of Palestine – The Land Between Them

The Great Sea waits.

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Posted on October 25, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Refuge

Like flags of fierce resistance, laundry dries in its black, green, red, ‘n white…

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Posted on October 23, 2023October 24, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Vengeance

Racism is fear.

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Posted on October 22, 2023

Song Of Palestine – This Land Is Mine

D’you see God in th’pillars of fire that make this land their own?

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Posted on October 21, 2023October 21, 2023

Song Of Palestine – A Sonnet To The Child Of Flight; To The Child Of Ruin

She stands beside the water, watching all, her ethnicity in her hair ‘n hue.

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Posted on October 21, 2023October 21, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Finding Gaza

Paraseti… Peleshet… Palastu… Palestine.

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Posted on October 20, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Silence

I didn’t know; I didn’t try to know.

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Posted on October 16, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: VI

Jackal Ruler Of The Nine Bows, Anpu, his canine head ‘pon human form, stands tall beside the body of Osiris…

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Posted on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: V

Su-Tekh now sees a covered woman running ‘long the earth!

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Posted on October 6, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: IV

Against Iteru’s course I’ve run, yet still the danger looms!

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Posted on October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: III

The hound – hell-bent; satanic’lly empassioned – surges t’ward the force that musters…

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Posted on October 1, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: II

I have stayed here, steadfastly guarding you!

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Posted on September 27, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: I

Isis, as a beggar posed, walks Wa-Set’s Avenue Of Rams…

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Posted on September 19, 2023

A Trailer For A Mythic Tale

A tale of Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child…

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William Altoft

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