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In what the US Army refers to as a ‘jingle truck,’ a group of IDPs (internally displaced persons) ride atop sacks of wheat donated by NGOs during the Afghan civil war. \u00a92001 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n

New York-\u00a0<\/strong>In compiling a short manuscript of poetry that was written from approximately 1997-2002, its interesting for me to look back and see which poem topics are in a time capsule of that era and which are even more relevant in 2016. The piece below about Afghan refugees before 9\/11 but it might as well be regarding the fate of Syrian and Iraqi refugees today. It is juxtaposed with the image above which I shot shortly after 9\/11.<\/p>\n

Beneath the poem are Syrian Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey, existing in humanitarian limbo. We must ask ourselves what have the terror wars and the Arab and Kurdish uprisings actually accomplished?<\/p>\n

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The Refugees<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Unwanted and unafraid<\/p>\n

On the move from where squalor has stayed<\/p>\n

Each at his own indescribable peril<\/p>\n

Dying everyday undeserved of each discrete, excruciating hell<\/p>\n

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Transforming desert to village overnight<\/p>\n

Pulling water from the bedrock in the name of the almighty<\/p>\n

And when that smile confronted me<\/p>\n

I knelt to grace for all to see<\/p>\n

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An expression so beautiful<\/p>\n

A moment in time beyond dutiful<\/p>\n

Inhabiting at the edge of existence<\/p>\n

People without sustenance are the truest resistance<\/p>\n

\"Syrian

Syrian refugees, primarily but not exclusively ethnic Kurds, in a camp in Suru\u00e7, Turkey. Though refugees and IDPs have existed since time immemorial, mass flows of humanity seem to be emblematic of the terror wars. \u00a92014 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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