Route To Kaput

June 26, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Be a voice, Current affairs, History, humanity, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Morality, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

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Olden times come to rise

Where the heartless devise

Righteousness to brutalize

Those they dehumanize.

An unwise move, time shows

For a smart person knows

That even one group maligned

Cracks open fault lines

In a stroke that would put

A reign on path to kaput.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 26, 2018:

Kaput

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Amortize

June 25, 2018June 26, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Bullying, Current affairs, History, Human Rights, MerriamWebster, Racism, Value, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay, WWII Leave a comment

never again poland

Allow persons in power

To amortize the legitimacy of those

They term ‘others,’

And the weak will fall behind them,

Eager to believe themselves

More worthy

Than most.

They’d be wrong, of course, for

They are not.

Because none who are truly strong

And deserving of honor

Would ever devalue others

Nor would they sit back as

Inhumanity

Takes hold.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 25, 2018:

Amortize

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Effigial Critique

June 24, 2018June 24, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Current affairs, Dictator, History, Human Rights, Tryanny, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

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If it’s fame that you seek

Know how history speaks

Of tyranny’s recognition

Turning infamy

And

Effigial critique.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 24, 2018:

Effigy

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Skirl a Tune

June 23, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Bagpipes, Highlands, Landscapes, MerriamWebster, Music, Nature, Poem, Scotland, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 3 Comments

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Skirl a tune

Blow the pipes

Upon Highlands’

Tall banks.

Through deep lochs

And rocky lakes

May beauty keep

Your soul awake.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 23, 2018:

Skirl

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Notorious

June 22, 2018June 23, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Professional Development, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: attachment, Child Development, Communication, Essential, MerriamWebster, Posttraumatic Stress, Relationships, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 3 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

When you know how stress

Rewires

Little ones’ brains

To lifelong pain,

You mark yourself ever

Notorious

When you cruelly

Add

To their wounding

Day and again.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 22, 2018:

Notorious

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Vanquish Voracity

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Asylum, Child Development, Current affairs, humanity, Leadership, MerriamWebster, Nurturing, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Ofir Asif

May the eager seek the good

More than they crave

The rush of

Harming.

May the powerful remember

How no honor lies

In deliberately

Alarming.

Let satiety be reached

Not by cruelty

But with love.

So that children can sleep safely

In the arms of those

They love.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 21, 2018:

Voracity

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Balmy Times

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Meditations, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Abuse of power, Asylum, Camps, Current affairs, Desert, Enough, First Do No Harm, History, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

Photo: Amitai Asif

May the scorch of

Arid hearts

And blazing sun,

Make way for kinder, saner

Passage

To lead humanity through

Balmy times.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 20, 2018:

Balmy

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Do Not Quail

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Trauma and Development, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Activism, Current affairs, Developmental Trauma, families, Keeping children safe, Policy, Protect, Trauma, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 2 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

When powerful

Pound podiums

With rabid lies

To sow mistrust,

Don’t falter

From the facts

Of what is wrong

And what is right.

Don’t quail before

Deep cruelty

That shreds your heart

To cries.

Step forth

For those who have no voice,

Be brave

And mobilize.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 19, 2018:

Quail

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Jabberwocky

June 18, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Speech Language Pathology, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Just for fun, MerriamWebster, Nonsene Words, Playful, Rhyme, Silly, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay 3 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

If the spoot

Got your boot

And the ptuk

Stole your truck,

It is time to call

A glonky

To clean up

This jabberwocky.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 18, 2018:

Jabberwocky

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Meritorious Aim

June 17, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, WordOfDayNY, Writing Tags: Current affairs, Honor, Integrity, Life Lessons, Merit, MerriamWebster, Respect, Truth, WordOfDayNY, WordOfTheDay Leave a comment

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Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

Be the best

Make your quest

To put your spirit

To the test

So merit’s claim

Not empty fame

Becomes your aim.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 17, 2018:

Meritorious

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