I would like to share Chuck Overby's Henoko collage and poetry, from his visit to Okinawa on June 23, 2007 (The Battle of Okinawa Memorial Day).
As my Article 9-Sadako crane
settled on
Henoko’s razor wire
dance of death --
this nearby beach beauty
invited hope.
chuck overby, 6/23/07
Purple Passion
and
Henoko’s razor wire
both dance
across the
fringes of my mind.
chuck overby, 6/23/07
Chuck Overby is founder of Article 9 Society in the U.S. He was a pilot of a B-29 bomber in the Korea War. Today is the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
I've got a paper crane Dr. Overby gave us 3 or 4 years ago! I'm much surprised and happy to find the same paper crane on the homepage. I'm an English teacher and teach a small number of junior high students in Japan. The text book I use has a lesson on Sadako and her paper cranes. So, I'd like to show this page to my students. Thank you very much!
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