Canto for David

Ten poems intended to remind us to not let our souls become hostage to whatever is hateful in this world.

This Canto is dedicated to all the Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli people that struggle for justice and choose to never forget the common humanity in all of us.

Mantle is dedicated to Gideon Levy.

Korban is dedicated to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 Poland – 1972 US).

No one can degrade another person without losing something of their own soul. Good parents and good leaders know this. Sadly many of the leaders in Israel, the United States of America and Gaza are extremists, that see the suffering of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians as merely tools for their political ends (aka terrorists).

We have seen this story before, ultimately dehumanisation and destruction of any people is harmful to all.