The Eighth Tribe, 1976 (3. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1976-09-01 / 9. szám
September, 1976 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 7 Dear Mr. Editor. My congratulations to you and the editorial staff of the Eighth Tribe serving the Hungarian Americans. If it is to late / wish to offer my services to you and for the continued success of the Eighth Tribe. Best wishes Joseph Pesti • •• JOSEPH PESTI Joseph Pesti is a Hungarian poet, educator, and lecturer. He was granted the Master of Science degree from the National Pedigigic Academy of Budapest in 1952, and taught in the Hungarian Educational System until 1956, when he was forced to flee the country because of the influence he wielded in the Hungarian Revolution. During troubled teaching years, he composed a volume of poetry, “On the Edge of the Volcano”, asserting mans outcry against the oppression of communist domination. He is said to be “the author who dared expose the physical and intellectual hunger and suffering of this era”. His compositions are also hailed as political documents, showing how the Hungarians progressed to the inevitable eruption. This book, each of the 236 poems, was written UNDER COMMUNISM, thereby covering every aspect of Communisms unnatural brutality over mans indoininable spirit. After the revolution, Mr. Pesti went to Latin America on a lecture tour, receiving a honorary citizenship from Costa Rica. Arriving in the United States in 1957, he studied in New York City, later lectured extensively and is now an American educator. Having successfully made his way through the Iron Curtain to the Free World, he labors still to complete his primary mission in life; alerting the world to the progressing menace of Communism. * * • CONSCIOUSNESS (Olympics) Everything that is holy, our trusts and beliefs, Are crushed down. Past ideals are Lost, dying. Against depression, we find in the sports Strength and new hope. Today these are The Hungarian feria. In the dead-end streets, the games offer The people a way out. Thus emerges Life consciousness. Hungary, in the world arenas, Carrying her fights For existence, Rattles her chains. Our silenced poets can give no medicine for pain Nor can the Parliament . . . Only the team That went to London. We stand in tears with proud defiance Waiting the dawn of our day, As our Olympians Add their victories. The world must feel our painful struggle And yet through the veil see beauty. This nation deserves A better fate. Joseph Pesti ☆ ☆ OLYMPICS — 1976: At the recent Olympics at Montreal, Canada, the Hungarian athletes finished in seventh place, with 2 Gold, 5 Silver and 12 Bronze Medals. They took fourth place 10, fifth place 7, and sixth places 10 times, accumulated 155 points.
