Prayer Against the Darkness. (Poetry).

Prayer Against the Darkness

Shekhina
Pray for us now
         bound with scripture
         and shielded with shawl
Armed with passion
         and loving care
Pray for us now
         against suffering, turmoil, and injustice
Pray for us now
         against the chaos of the dark.

Leonard Leon·ard , Ray Charles Known as "Sugar Ray." Born 1956.

American boxer who won the 1976 Olympic light welterweight title. He held five world titles as both a welterweight and middleweight between 1979 and 1987.

Noun 1. Nimoy Nimoy may refer to:

Jeff Nimoy, Emmy Award-winning voice actor and writer
Leonard Nimoy, actor, director, and musician best known for playing Spock in Star Trek
Adam Nimoy, television director

is a successful actor, director, recording artist, and author. He has published two autobiographies and several volumes of poetry. two of which also feature his photographs. He has pursued an interest in photography since his teens, and studied at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX in the early 19705. He recently finished an appointment as artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome American Academy in Rome, founded in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome by Charles F. McKim and enlarged in 1897 with the founding of the American Academy in Rome for students of architecture, sculpture, and painting. .

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Author:	Nimoy, Leonard
Publication:	Cross Currents
Article Type:	Poem
Date:	Mar 22, 2003
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