Harry, 220721
It was raining hard in Frisco’
You needed one more fare to make your night.
But what about that other knight,
blasting through the dark of space?
What would you say to him?
‘Feed my lambs, feed my sheep?’
Harry,
You tried for a loaves and fishes,
to feed the whole world
off a 33 and a third vinyl disc.
What would you say to Jeff,
his Amazing river of gold?
You can’t eat gold or a space craft??
What would you say to them with their Babylon Tower,
rocket ships reaching for heaven?
While empty bellies watch the void filled with stars
and wonder if Babylon will fall.
What would the pure and simple truth be?
But,
‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple.’
Harry Chapin, singer and songwriter, had the desire to end world hunger.
He pestered other stars to perform free and raise money for this cause.
2021 marks 40 years since Harry Chapin’s death.
About 12457adlib
I'm a Chaplain at Townsville's hospitals and also teach Calm Abiding Meditation to any one who's interested.
I have facilitated Calm Abiding Meditation for soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder and find this an amazing experience.
I work part time as an usher at Townsville's Civic Theatre and get to see some great plays and musicals, as well as some not so great, school speech nights!
(Unbelievably, this theatre has the highest seat occupancy rate of any theatre in Australia.)
I also work as an invigilator at the local Uni. (bet that's got you looking for your dictionaries!)
A group of writers ('My Crazy Artist Friends') gives me live fed back on my poems.
They are the survivors of Writers in Townsville Society (WITS) of which I was president /secretary for over ten years.
I enjoy writing poetry and am grateful to my grade 12 English teacher, Mrs Grimmer for coaxing the dead poets off the page and into the class room.
Hope you enjoy reading my work.
Stay happy, keep reading,
Phil Heang.
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