Peace Critical Poems

New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Recycled

I have gone through many storms. 
Some I thought would capsize the boat, 
and drown both me, 
and my beloved children.
At the first sign of...

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The East

The East wind is cold 
and is full of hoarfrost. 
It crosses the land, 
in a wild storm, raging!
It is heavy with hail, 
and...

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Speech

Free speech, 
is the power of one person, 
to say, anything they like, 
to have an opinion, 
and to have it heard, 
even if it...

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The Postal Worker

The lady behind the counter, 
she takes my packages, 
and gives me, "looks"... 
when I tell her I write books, 
and request to...

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I advocate Bible-Reading (for other Faiths, other Scripture), Prayer, and Outreach to Creation (or the macrocosm). All three will help us live responsibly, fruitfully, and...

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Unfold my vision,
           close my eyes,
         ...

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C R T- new theory now embraced;
demands set forth by those defined as woke-
dividing races in a way disgraced.
Most people feel this theory is a...

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Sleep O’Sleep we all must be,
Tucked ourselves between pillows comfy,
While Rough men fought and sacrificed bled,
That’s what the Great Winston Churchill said,

All is talk and...

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The faith that capitalism
is the only viable democratic economic system
we have experienced,
or could even ecologically imagine,
MotherTrees to resilient complex forests,
EarthMothers to a resonant democratic society

Reminds...

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we are living in a critical time
a time of no peace
a time of wars
a time of tribal wars 
a time of fears
a time of worries
a...

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