Short Ceasefire Poems

Creed
Draws out
Asks ceasefire
Implants oneness
Faith...

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Easter ceasefire...
little boys playing
with their toy guns...

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flames
erupt
blocking light
bathed in ashes
death
...

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why
fight when
we can say
no more fighting
Now


written by dad...

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peace
breaks out
hope it holds
if not, more death
there
...

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child
listen
cooing doves
somnolent song
breathe
...

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     truce 
    fragile; 
a ceasefire 
 unlikely to 
     hold.
...

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white
flag shrieks
across skies
drenched with stale war
-"peace!"...

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cease
gunshots
need of hour
embrace in love
peace...

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Citizens, weapons practice,
Refugees, seeking homes,
Think globally, guys,
Evolving ceasefires--grand....

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Citizens, weapons practice,
Refugeees, seeking homes,
Think globally, guys,
Evolving ceasefires---grand....

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  How strident are their screams, 'Ceasefire!'  
                                             ~ adding fuel to the funeral pyre ......

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Hands across a table
Ceasefire agreed

The dove of peace sings 
For a day,two maybe.

Then a shot
A child lay dead.

A mother weeps
The dove flies away.

Hands across a table
Ceasefire agreed....

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Two lured hearts intertwine,
dream up life’s tapestry with lattice of desire 
on cloud nine.

Two paths diverge, 
master courage to defy her
spat surge.

At night 
lovers ceasefire
fight.

Two lured hearts intertwine,
master courage to defy her
fight.

...

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  Old Joe Biden faced a protest
    E-I-E-I-O
  And at that protest, he heard some chants
    E-I-E-I-O

  With an ‘Genocide’ here
    and a ‘Ceasefire’ there
  Here a ‘Genocide,’ there a ‘Genocide’
    Everywhere a ‘Genocide’  

  Old Joe Biden faced a protest
    E-I-E-I-O   
...

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                                                  war

                                               a storm

                                            wipes out all

                                          altruism blooms

                                                peace



Place: 5th 
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Noshing time 
for but a moment muzzled 
to bring vaccinations 
up to date

Far from a ceasefire 
this is but a pause 
without relief
for the pending prey
it is palpable 

The paws that pace
the hackles that raise 
the eyes that are laser fixed
that a purpose bred 
purpose trained
war dog
lays in wait
...

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For thirteen moons I holler in angst relentlessly
Under coal stars, these hands pray over August's ceasefire;

Till a young man's dull frame quakes on bloodied tracks...
O my son laying with ghosts of heroes, my night of stone.


~*~
3/25/2019 ~ Edited
Writing Challenge 5, March 2019, Four Lines - Contest
Sponsor: Dear Heart...

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 College students let their voices be heard
 As they call for freedom for Palestine
 Putting bodies on the line, their anger stirred
 With determination their hearts and minds entwine
 But the war machine is in full swing
 Of a ceasefire there is no sign
 As more death and sorrow those bombs bring
 But do the powers that be...
 really want freedom for Palestine?...

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Ceasefire

                                                   Glass
                                                 Shatters
                                          Hopes and dreams
                                         Ceasefire postponed
                                                    Rage



For Light  up the Lanterne contest by Nette Onclaud

June 18,2025...

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its my turn, 

its your turn

everyone 

is on the run



 "am the don".....

"am next to none"

 the sun long gone...

the fun is hung


 houses - they burn

families - they mourn

curfews - dusk till dawn,

 gloomy on the "morn"


 less ado 'bout the battles we've won

 and the war cloths we've worn

 let bygones be bygones

 we really don't have to buy guns...

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Your pain is deep
Invading your dreams
No peace to keep
Unrelenting screams

When you close your eyes
The pictures of the pain
Become unrelenting lies
As they all attack your brain

Prayers for a ceasefire
Never to come about
Makes life feel dire
Showing nothing but doubt

Know I am not that far
I'm here for only you
Let me kiss your scars
I'll show you what's true...

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Love raided the heart

And occupied my mind

There was no chance

But to surrender

For, the love army surrounded the gates

Hopes failed

Wishes shattered

Army encountered

Ceasefire was restored

I began to forget the hard days

The army again planned an offence

Where I had no chance of defence

From then on:

I am in a state of alert

Where I cannot avert

The sweet pain of love...

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Often underrated,
Often understated,
Often underutilised.

Often misunderstood,
Often mishandled,
Often misinterpreted.

Yet diplomacy may be the only option,
To obtain a ceasefire.

Yet diplomacy may be the only option,
To obtain what you need to put out a fire.

Yet diplomacy may be the only option,
To obtain what you desire.

Yet diplomacy may be the only option,
To prevent the spread of all that is dire....

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Tartaric acid rain of the lost calligraphy
Peels to melt the running emotions
Drains clog beneath dynasties
Commerce to no one in seas
Pourtant je vois ceasefire
See a spark of defiance

Harlequin of belle dame misery
Catatonic brutality ends within me
Phantom of these nigh-mares
Shriek away stares orbs no retinas
Telltale sen em bras lambent
Am I dying nevermore

Mourning my own demises gavotte masquerade
Is that a shimmer of light on my finale...

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