Searcher44
Gold Member
Vancouver, with an estimated 160 different ethnic groups is a natural habitat for Black Lives Matters supporters. Today, a beautiful day in Vancouver, a rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery demonstrated solidarity with the U.S. group. Of the many speakers and performers a young Iraqi woman, a poet, especially struck a chord with me. When I think on BLM one of the thoughts always present is John Donne's poem about everyman's death;
No man is an island, Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
Pls. excuse crappy camera et.al. I don't post to YouTube as a rule.
No man is an island, Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
Pls. excuse crappy camera et.al. I don't post to YouTube as a rule.
