Namaya - Writings, Podcast,
Art & Musings

- By: Namaya
- Date: 25 August 2023
Court of the Lions: Al- Hambra
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Court of the Lions: The Moor’s Last Sigh 25 August 2023 In the seventh Century, heralded by the prophet Mohammed, a religious fervor called Islam...
- By: booking@thejazzpoet.com
- Date: 12 April 2023
“Farewell To The Beats, Mr. Coney Island Of Our Mind” — a poem by Namaya
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 2012 at Caffe Trieste, San Francisco. He died on February 22, 2021 at the age of 101 Farewell To The Beats Mr....
- By: booking@thejazzpoet.com
- Date: 13 March 2023
As a White Guy How Racism Fuck with my Life?
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I’m a White middle class sixty eight year old man with more than a few dollars in the bank. I can see the police and...
- By: booking@thejazzpoet.com
- Date: 6 February 2023
VIETNAM LAOS CAMBODIA: MEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC AID NEWS BULLETIN
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Namaya is a Vietnam-era U.S. Navy veteran, a poet and an artist. Though far from combat, the war always haunted his memory and...
- By: Namaya
- Date: 30 December 2022
Vietnam: A Journey to Forgiveness: Legacy of Agent Orange
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In Vietnamese, they say, “Making Peace is a treasure:” Dĩ hoà vi quý. I searched for this gift during a two-month journey from Ho Chi Minh City...
- By: Namaya
- Date: 30 December 2022
My Lai Prayers Jan 2020
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Mothers were cooking rice porridge breakfast on the wood stoves, children laughing and singing, and fathers getting ready to work in the rice paddies. Then...
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