In Further Memory of Edward Said
POETRY FORMAT, 31 Dec 2012
Richard Falk – TRANSCEND Media Service
Always, always
That voice
remains
is gone
needed
What he gave
we miss
we need
we want
Our loss
his loss
remains
an echo
Sunsets bright
that shine
yet soon
depart
Unlike waves
that beat
on shore
remains
Relentless
is loss
his gift
our hope
Remembering
our loss
our tears
his hopes
Honor such a loss
clear eyes
brave words
courage
XII..27…2012
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Richard Falk is a member of the TRANSCEND Network, an international relations scholar, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, author, co-author or editor of 40 books, and a speaker and activist on world affairs. He is currently serving his fourth year of a six-year term as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights. Since 2002 he has lived in Santa Barbara, California, and taught at the local campus of the University of California in Global and International Studies, and since 2005 chaired the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. His most recent book is Achieving Human Rights (2009).
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