Best Peace Loving Poems
The west went in guns blazing to help their fellow man
In Syria against the Islamic State and in Iraq and Afghanistan
They brought an end to a campaign of terror and a killing spree
And made the world a better place and safe for everybody.
So why in God's name is the civilised world, just standing by?
While thousands of innocent men, women and children die
What is it about Russia, that murdering terrorist state?
Are we just going to look away, leaving them to their fate?
Ukraine is running out of fresh water, they have no electricity
While the Russians carry on firing missiles, indiscriminately
And committing atrocities that would make a grown man cry
A harsh winter is fast approaching and many people will die.
Why are NATO and the civilised west worried about escalation?
While Russia carries on pulverising that peace loving nation
Enough is enough, NATO needs to put boots on the ground
And rain down hellfire on that Russian scum, round after round.
The west is sending arms and humanitarian aid to Ukraine
But dragged their feet when they requested a fighter plane
Vladimar Putin growls like a dog and the west backs away
We shouldn't listen to his rantings, he must be made to pay.
Ukraine got rid of all nuclear weapons with the fall of the iron curtain
I bet they wished that they hadn't given them up of that I am certain
Because the yellow backed Russian scum would never have invaded
And their threat to world peace would never have escalated.
Written 24th November 2022
MY COUNTRY INDIA
INDIA : My motherland shines as poem.
My Pride : My Glory : My Peace: My Bliss : I claim.
Traditional culture since ancient age
owes to peace and love as holy heritage.
Never to overpower other race.
Met on non-violence staying in grace.
Power-loving intruders bowed to serenity.
Mingled merged in unity for tranquility.
Great India believes in integrity.
‘Service above self’ : Her priority.
Secular country to respect each Nation
accepting ‘’ Humanity’ ‘ as religion .
Tricolor National Flag to exhibit
Saffron, White, Green with Blue wheel on strip white.
Saffron stands for Self-esteem and Sacrifice.
White to show Truth, Purity and Perfect Peace.
Green with Courage, Vigor and Fertility.
Spikes of wheel on symbols of Activity.
Twenty- four spikes represent twenty- four hours work.
Ceaseless labor devoted on honest walk.
Universal Morals sparkle in glory
India presents peace - loving history.
Subway, Pirelli, Hellinic bottling company
The Citigroup Inc, Herbal life and KFC
Also the Kimberly Clark Corporation
And Hilton are a disgrace to every peace loving nation.
McDonald's have now pulled out and have stopped trading
Or they'd have been in this poem that I'm naming and shaming
Sanctions will only work if every one is on board
To cripple that evil nation we need to cut the cord.
There are probably many more and I'll add them when I see
They're all still trading in Russia, helping their economy
Haven't these companies got one ounce of shame
They're indirectly helping Russia to bomb, kill and maim.
Show support for Ukraine, show them that you care
Buy your food, drinks and services from alternatives elsewhere
I'll never buy from them again as long as I'm alive
I'd rather die of thirst and hunger rather than see their profits thrive.
A big thanks to those companies who've already severed ties
And those innocent Russians who have seen through the lies
The price of goods will rise but it's a small price to pay
To ensure freedom prevails and Putin doesn't get his own way.
Written on 8th March 2022
You,*
Hard-of-hearing,
Dweller of darkness,
Mother of all evils:
Ignorance!
You, who are unable
To hear the truth,
Even though it is spoken
Through the mouth of
Thunder,
But who easily discern
The fainting whispers
Of monstrous lies!
Why don’t you open, for once,
Your detrimental prison
Of calamitous darkness,
And allow luminous knowledge
To establish its dominion of peace
For the sake of suffering humanity?
© Demetrios Trifiatis
05 November 2015
* FROM MY RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK: This poem is one of many poems that are included in my poetry book on peace entitled “ An Aegean Breeze of Peace”
that was recently published by “innerchildpress” and is available at Innerchildpress.com, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk,
Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, and Amazon.co.jp It is a book that I, Demetrios Trifiatis and co-author, hulya n. Yilmaz, a Liberal Arts Professor at The Pennsylvania State University, has written. Dr. Yilmaz, a wonderful lady whom I consider as my sister, was born in Turkey. As you may know, Turkey and Greece have been at war, on and off, for more than a thousand years. I, for those who do not know me, have got a Ph. D in philosophy, has studied in Canada, and was born in Greece. Dr. Yilmaz and I thought to join forces to write this book in order to let our countrymen and the world know that war is not the answer but peace is! Thank you all peace-loving people for your attention.
Peace-loving peoples of the world are demanding of you, Mister Putin,
That you cease at once this murderous and needless shootin'!
Why can't you and others of your ilk leave other people alone?
Don't you have a soul? Don't you care about the misery you have sown?
How can you justify the indiscriminate massacre of a nation's population,
Destroying families and the infrastructure of a peace-loving nation?
Have you not seen the horror on a mother's face as she cuddles her little one,
Being separated from her husband left to fight a war that only you've begun?
Think of the grief among your nation's mothers' having lost a son,
That you conscripted to use as fodder in the cruel war you've begun!
We pray that with unwavering resolve that the valiant patriots of Ukraine,
Will prevail and that soon, their peace and freedom they will regain!
Peace-loving peoples of the world are demanding of you, Mister Putin,
That you cease at once this murderous and needless shootin"!
Thank you Mr. President
For your visit to my country and for the feelings,
You expressed, on behalf of the people of America.
Thank you for understanding and telling us,
About the real beauties of my country.
You have seen only a part of it,
Many of my nation’s great human values,
Are yet to be witnessed and seen by the world.
Although you have not responded to my suggestions,
I sent to you, when you became most admired Mr. President,
I am quite happy that at least, you have adopted some of them,
Your love and affection and good wishes for the people of India,
Will never go in vain, as you would find us always side by side,
For all the good and humanitarian causes of America and
You would find us with you,
If your country would really need, a good sincere friend like India.
We really admire the mesmerizing quality of your intelligence and speech,
The warmness and affection of your love for Gandhi and Peace,
The depths of your feelings for my fellow citizens and your understanding that
India and US are not only, the world’s largest democracies but,
They are born natural allies.
We also admire and are grateful for the love and affection,
Shown by Mrs. Michelle Obama, the first lady of US and by the,
Peace loving people of America.
Thank you Mr. President, for visiting my country, and
For becoming our most honored guest.
Ravindra
Kanpur India. 9th November 2010.
Beware the Azgar is Moving
Be aware
The Azgar is moving
It does not believe in
Peace and commitments
Its sole belief is to swallow
Whatever lies within or even
Beyond its boundaries and limits. 01
It has plans to move
Even on snowy high mountains peaks
The Azgar never believes in Buddha's peace
It believes in committing and then even in betraying
To keep its boundaries and horizons always expanding.02
It has already swallowed
The most peaceful and tranquil lands on Earth
Which lies, high very high on the Himalayan mountain peaks
It has also swallowed many vast areas
Including territories of its neighbors
And now it is trying to encroach slowly to swallow
Another peaceful land of the mountain region
Belonging to peace loving people,
Who believes in coexistence
And in human values.
Be aware and be Alert
The Azgar has big and vast intensions
As it not only eats meat and animals but
Land and mountains, glaciers and lakes
Even snowy plains deep oceans and its shores and wealth
Of every kind in the name of keeping the theory
That power comes from the barrel of guns
As it has already nipped and crushed the dreams
Of its own freedom loving many children old and young.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 24th April 2013
Azgar * Hindi word means Dragon
Dar es salaam where I live means heaven of peace
But to me she has proved as well to be a haven of peace.
A peaceful place for any peace-loving person or race.
Atleast selfishly from here seem faraway all warring feuds all bloody massacres.
For here we simply catch sea and fresh water fishes
instead of getting caught up in goddamned skirmishes.
Oh and I live in a land of seven wonders and I stay in a mansion of seven windows
Each of them overlooking a different view
Guys, seven wonders to be exact
but be ready here for both fiction and fact
For I present to you these seven wonders of this land
as if I could view 'em' all from where I stand.
Ah and though I've settled down trying to be content with Tanzania.
A major part of me will always belong to my beloved India.
Well, well my first window has a view of Mount Kilimanjaro
the highest mountain in all of Africa
Rightfully named, the Roof of Africa.
The 2nd window overlooks
Lake Tanganyika
and fishermen with nets and hooks
in the 2nd deepest and longest lake in the whole wide world.
And from my third window can be seen
the famed, fabled and very pretty
Natural park known as Serengeti
Nature's celebrated celebrity.!
The 4rth window affords a view of the wide Ngorongoro Crater
Just as rich in wildlife
Throw some fish to the 'gator
even if it's such a ruthless predator.
The 5th one it overlooks
The great game reserve Mikumi by name
no less in fame
for a choicest variety of game.
As for the 6th window, from there you can see
Lake Victoria too
and I play peek-a-boo
with a marvelous maribou
and cheerily say 'karibu'
from the largest lake in all Africa.
The seventh, the last window gives me a view
of the dry lush gold-green sea of Savannah
Teeming with favorite flora and fauna
Here a rhino, there a hyena
and hee hee 'hear' that mynah
So now it's up to you to plan a trip, a Safari
to this land of precious Tanzanite, the land of the Maasai
.Aha, mind you only the mansion overlooking all that is fictional
and every other detail is soo real and factual.
To USA from India
Greetings on your 235th Independence Day
You move ahead and move a little faster than before,
Your goals are still far ahead my friend,
Keep moving, even if you find the roads,
Not as smooth as it used to be in the past.
Just choose your new goals and friends carefully, and
Be careful in selecting new Goals,
Be very careful from those my friend,
Who may deceive or may overtake your good efforts,
While marching along with you on your way.
Some in this world still believe that everything is fare in War,
But unfortunately they do not believe in Love at all.
You have to do lot many things my friend,
While shaping the dreams of your people, and
Sharing your love and goodwill with those,
Who are really your well wishers and friends, but may be they are not
Walking with you, every time you move on a new road.
You have yet to win the hearts of many more,
Not by the powers of guns and your mighty force,
But by the power of freedom, Love and humanity and
The will to save this beautiful Earth.
These efforts would ultimately set aside, everything else, and
Would make your country not only prosperous and big.
But a Great Nation in true senses, my friend.
On this wonderful great day 4th July,
We sincerely give you our Good Wishes and Greetings to you,
O’ My friend, USA.
Greetings
On behalf of the peace loving people of my country India.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 4th July 2011
NOTE:
Greeting of 4th July to all my Poetry Soup friends.
I am posting this poem from a cyber café due to phone line problem.
Ravindra
The Calamity of Nepal part 1
Too fearful a tragedy
To be described in words
Heart wrenching cries, pierce the sky
And sadness in the form of tears
Dominates every face and every eye. 01
The descriptions of horrifying tragedy
From the mouth
Of those, who survived this horror story
Penetrate the mind and heart,
Deeper and deeper
Even of those who are luckily
Thousands of miles away
From Nepal and this tragic site
Created by the unfavorable
Winds of Nature. 02
It's time for entire world
To wipe the tears
Flowing from their eyes
And grief stricken faces.
These suffering millions and millions
Of these innocent men, women and children
And even kids
Who lost the lives of their most dear ones
In this calamity
Need our attention, Love and Care. 03
Those who survived
They are still standing and waiting
In never ending rows
Even for a bottle of clean water
And some bread and milk
For the little children and kids. 04
Still you can see and find
On the TV screen
Many many of them standing or waiting
In the open sky
Throughout the night
With the horror of the Earthquake
Still lurking on their faces and
In their eyes. 05
A peace loving small nation
Now stands on the threshold of debris
Of not only broken walls and structures
Roads and Temples
But on the borders
Of broken hopes and confidence.
The Earthquake has broken
Almost everything they were pride of. 06
O' God, please merciful and restore
At least, their hopes
And help them to overcome
This too terrible a crisis. 07
Ravindra K Kapoor
Kanpur 30th April 2015
CONCLUDED IN PART 2....
Why must we have a down day now and then
Are there new rules I'm not aware of
Basically I'm upbeat as I'm sure you all know
But today came crashing down with a thud
Sure we're all bitten by the sad bug at times
It's a big part of this thing we call life
It provides a balance, allowing us to compare
Too much of either, we pay the price
When we finally get it, how this thing works
Gives a feeling of contentment and ease
Opening up our minds with waves of compassion
Instead of constant conflicts across seas
To my way of thinking, it isn't rocket science
Why must there always be conflicts
Probably written on a huge tablet somewhere
Must be forced to follow some new edict
Countries of the world must sign a proclamation
To curb all incursions and aggression
Word “freedom” must prevail throughout the world
We must strive to eliminate oppression
For centuries the world has been fighting battles
It is totally incomprehensible to me
Intelligent, peace loving peoples have been trying
For centuries and we still can't agree
When I'm dead and gone, hope a time in the future
Peace will finally be achieved
Now if I was a betting man, I'd most likely lose
Who really knows, wonders never cease
© Jack Ellison 2015
Let My Country Wake up and Bloom
On the Independence Day of India For 15th AUGUST 2010
O Almighty God,
I pray to you today on the auspicious occasion,
Of our country’s Independence Day.
Let my country wake-up and bloom,
Under the sky of freedom and prosperity,
While thinking, not only for the welfare of India,
But also for the well being of the entire world.
Let us show the world, that we not only believe,
In the theory of ‘The whole world is a family’
But we really care for it.
Make us more strong and benevolent,
Hard working, but generous,
Peace loving but strong enough to destroy those,
Who are trying to take the benefit of non-violence.
And are planning to spoil the peace of earth.
Give strength to my people to elect only those,
Who can show us a path of progress and humanity,
But not through the jungles of corruptions and absurdity.
Bless our people to elect only those,
Who are sincere and honest, brave and courageous?
Who may make my country a strong nation,
Give us strength to elect only those, who may
Save the Nature of this earth and may try
To make, the entire world a beautiful place,
To live with peace and love.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 14th August 2010
Cold As Ice And Still
If humans are granted passage to wage war at will
the deepest shade of gray will be the darkest color of red
flowing beneath pallid corpses cold as ice and still
--To all peace loving spirits--
Penned: 07/10/2022
Aboard Rhapsody of the Seas
Cruising the Mediterranean
How could anyone in their right mind
Choose war over peace
Conflict over stability
Upset over a smooth flow
Please enlighten me before I pass into the ages
Maybe I'm missing a few brain cells
But it is totally illogical to me
We carry on with our day to day activities
But looming in the back of the minds
Of all the peace loving souls in the world
Remains this fear that we're heading
For a disaster of monumental proportions
My days here on earth are relatively short
In comparison but I still find it
Totally unbelievable and I'm absolutely appalled
That so-called intelligent human beings
Lose track of what this life is all about
Are their genes unique... different to us normal folks
Did something get crossed up at birth
Help me! I just don't understand
Is there a cause worth dying for?
I know not one if you ask me
The only and most important thing in life
Is love of our family and our fellow humans
Where did I go wrong in this assessment
Please SOMEONE... help me!
© Jack Ellison 2015
Catalyst
Speeds up a chemical reaction
While defence, suspicion, defiency and greed
Of dictatorship
Speeds up an outburst for war
Between man and man
Country and country
There are many reasons to start a war
But there is only one reason
To prevent
To halt
And to stop it
And that reason is simply called
Peace-loving