Helping The Community: Buffalo, New York

On March 4, 2015 Trinity Church on Delaware will be holding a silent/live auction 5:30pm to 8pm at the church. Susan Hughes and Joe Silvestri are co-chairs. 

Joe asked me to donate one book of my poetry, of course I will.

Trinity relies on the fundraisers for their out reach programs such as:

• Homespace 
• Compass House 
• City Mission 
• Friends of the Night People 
• MAP, Urban Agricultural Program 

I am reaching out to all of you to see if you may be interested in helping too! I am sure anything that can be live auctioned is fine.

If you have any questions, contact: 

• Colleen Fahey, Program Director 716-852 8314 *18  
• Joe Silvestri 716-235-7973

Thank you, if you can help and if not, that is okay too!

Peace.

And The Gods Smiled

Published on "For Much Deliberation"

imagine another human soul
crawling beneath your skin
gently guiding
each other
to perfect
divine
convergence
realization
culmination

destiny

black and white
does not exist
in this realm
manifested,
only kaleidoscopes of spectrums,
inconceivable

imagine all defenses dropped
like a first rain
descending upon
crowns of daffodils and daises
and all the dirt and dust
of the alternate reality,
cleansed

like diving face first
into oceans
of driftwood

only to float
upon stillwater

and rest
wasted and serene

ashore

oh,
so irresistibly

holy


© Susan Marie

MLK: Voice For The Voiceless

I will always follow the philosophy of this man, one who stood for all of us and had a gift of bringing ALL people together with a rational mind, heart and spirit in the name of peace. 

Dr. King was a man racked with doubt, not without flaws, a man who questioned why he had been chosen for such a task - leading people to freedom, healing the wounds of a nation.  

And yet he led a nation. 

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through action he gave courage to the faint of heart. Through vision, determination, and faith in the power of love, he endured arrest, the loneliness of a prison cell, constant threats to his life, until he finally inspired a nation to transform itself.

Video: MLK: 1968

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist.

King headed the SCLC and was a forerunner in ending segregation of African-American citizens in the South.  The creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are in direct relation to the perseverance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assassinated in 1968.