Peace War Poems

Dichotomy

humans are strange creatures
we want peace but can’t
avoid war
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Fire, fire, countless fires
Fire of hate that nobody admires
Fire that hurts, maims and kills and innocent victims
Fire that burns, cremates and destroys many buildings
Fire that...

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Smoke curls where laughter once lived,
a street of bricks turned brittle dust,
where a child once dreamed of growing wings.

The air carries a silence loud with...

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Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Hrothulf and Hrothgar, uncle and nephew,
for a long time kept a careful peace together
after...

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Intoxicated by the joy of peace,

His mood was lifted to the fragrant cloud.

Half running, he returned to the home street.

His burdened feet could barely touch...

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In the world we live in,
Where humanity's power reigns supreme,
Adam's plight often goes unseen.
Men, women, and children caught in the web of strife,
Oppressed by those...

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Beneath the trees, a tale of a Tamil revolutionary,
As in history of tamils, the people viewed him as a legendary luminary.
'Thalaivar' the title he was...

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  Whether whiskey or water
    What should it matter

  The point is we oughta
    be toasting each...

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    olive branch in one hand
       weapon in the other
    hoping for peace...

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Lord, I don’t know how to say
The words that will explain
What it is I hold inside…

This battle I must fight.

The desperation, the fear and strife
All...

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Winning the
war

Winning the
peace

Divided by
victory

Joined in
— defeat

(The New Room: December, 2024)...

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When day breaks on Christmas, and finished is your snore
What awaits the daylight in twenty-twenty-four?
Will you tear into the presents, wrapped up so neat
Then gather...

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Horrors of War

I can see the sky exploding, falling overhead
Filling us with horror and dread
Killing innocent people in the name of religion, race and creed
Or...

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Terrorists rule and innocents die
Missiles rain down from an unfriendly ski
Which rhetoric do you believe
When there is nothing left except to grieve
Will the eagle ever...

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I see the sea.
               ...

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