Peace Iambic Pentameter Poems

I didn't have a chance to say goodbye,
to let you know how dear you are to me
and though my chance is gone, I still will...

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The conflict that I’ll never let you see
Is one that rages here inside of me
I face the day and smile away the pain
Yet deep inside...

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A Realization

Once upon a time, a baby was born
In a small town near the green mountains. 
He was living life off from thorn.
Blessed! But he’s...

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Lake, Pond, and Kettle

The lake is glistening beneath the sun,
and paddle boats leave ripples in the light. 
The sky above, a lovely turquoise blue
with fluffy...

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The holy city prized for ancient fame
With silent walls she wails in agony
For centuries ungodly conflicts reign
Her priests and prophets mourn captivity

Unqueened, for her ravished...

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You say a word and set the world aflame
No thought to what the nations think or feel
The turmoil that we're in is not a game
I...

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     Christmas Mass
Dear holy child, I celebrate your birth,
and wonder at the bright and shining star,
that leads to all the joy...

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Blood and Envy - A Cautionary Christmas Poem
By Jude S. Walko 

Twas some time after All Hallows Eve.
The roof started to leak like a sieve.
But...

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I wait for you to come with open arms,
for pain that flays and sears me will not cease
though once I feared you, now I see...

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Sometimes i sit back and wonder if death is another natural thing or simply ultimate price which every human must pay for wronging The Almighty...

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So calm, this place of peace inside your arms
     A warm blue mist of love lives in your eyes
I see in...

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                While searching for my younger self one day
		(The present...

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When he was young, way back before the war,
his friends and he, sure tore apart this town,
now it's been forty years, at least, or more,
those...

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A kitten snuggles on your lap
and makes that purring sound.
Into your soul pours happiness	
and love is all around.

Your heart begins to slow its beat,
to keep...

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     THE FALL OF BAGHDAD
What rite of passage, moves one to the light,
and through the healing of all earthly ail,
bestows this...

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    CHRIST'S MASS
Dear holy child,  I celebrate your birth
and wonder at the bright and shining star
that leads to all the joy...

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     SARAJEVO-1995  Another Cease Fire
As old as death and cold as nevermore
all set to stone, by those who've died before;
the...

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Let us rest . Let this mess confess yo best that arrest my best to make peace . Let not yo rest be broken ,...

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Caressed By Vines


Like tender loving arms, they wrap around
   old monuments of stone set on the ground.
Those silent sentinels that stand their guard
...

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He lived on the stairs behind the old house,
Sheltered from the storms in his small retreat.
There were four wood steps shaded from the light;
This old...

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