Short Ceasefire Poems

Creed
Draws out
Asks ceasefire
Implants oneness
Faith...

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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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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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Finally, on day 35 of the war, the noble West passed a UN resolution calling for humanitarian pause, so the stricken Gazan can use the corridor to their next 'great exile'!
North Gaza is now primed for new settlers, and soon they'll extend their reach to the whole strip they call Azaz.  It means to be strong and that's the spirit of Gaza today!
Gaza is now a monument to religion's folly....

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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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