Peace War Poems

Troubled men chase illusive Peace
with sharpened knives and smoking guns.
They recklessly wield all manner of weapons
under the sinking, blood-red sun.
But Peace is an individual choice,...

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The silence here is not of peace—
It hums like blood beneath the skin,
A hollow hush that will not cease,
A quiet carved from what has been.

No...

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This is a season for peace but
not where the war rages,
not as our country men die,
not as the grill burns human
flesh and the sky rains...

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Tell me words are red
And I'll tell of the lives 
We lose everyday in the middle east 
Of the lives in danger in Northern Nigeria
The...

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While I struggle to understand 
the battles, the wars
unending shadows weep 
for the moments
just before duty called 
you to the front lines, 
where you would...

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         O World, your hate has poisoned me

        Once I...

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         ‘Talks’ with sponsors of terror in Iran
         ‘Talks...

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A loaf of bread, untouched, waiting for my late brother 
Finally home, he takes half the loaf and hands me the other
In his hand a...

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When I see the Haitian flag, tears rush into my eyes.
When I see the Haitian flag, my Haitian heart cries.
Our people have been ridiculed, yet...

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You didn’t come with fireworks,
no loud knocks on my guarded heart.
You came gently, like rain easing into dry earth.
I had built walls, thick and tall,...

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INEVITABILITY AND MORAL RELATIVITY

They say war is inevitable, and will always, with us, be;
But this audacious, mendacious attitude is not for you and me:-
Dropping Satanic...

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this is a true if near impossible contest
how can you write a poem about mourning
and honouring the ones deceased in a war
without it being somewhat...

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God laughs when fools behave like racists
All persecuted individuals are His children
God laughs when a few are obviously chosen
And receive preferential treatment under the basis
That...

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Ah — ahh — aaah — aaahh...
Ah — ahh... ah — ahhh...
Aaah — aaah — ahh — ahhh...
Ahhh — ahhh — ahhh — ahhh...

Let the...

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When silence breaks with a siren's cry,
And ash clouds darken the morning sky,
Two nations rise with wrathful might,
Blind to peace, prepared to fight.

Where rivers flowed...

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