When loud and clear the open sea beckons,
the heart replies and reaches out.
Escape towards vast nothingness
is the true cure to all that ails.
Each sunset rocks our boat into the night
as we are drawn, immersed into the surreal ~
the world left far behind, a universe away.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Even before birth,the heart beats inside mother's womb
For the unborn,it is the whole world, the safest place to bloom.
The little inside is invisible to the world,to the mother
Yet,all the love and emotions,in the heart gather.
The bond between the two is pure love
It is as pure as the flying dove.
Even after birth,the love remains deep and pure
With time and years,it does mature.
The heart is not restricted to mother's love and care
It is,of course, open to all who love and the emotions, they share.
Like a garden with blooming flowers
My heart glows with love that showers.
For all,who believe in love and peace
Have a way,to the heart like the swarming of bees.
With a variety of love fragrance inside
The heart is where,all emotions reside...
All I want is peace and peace
In the west, in the east
In the north and the south
To close your mouth
When you're happy
To stop the misery
During the passage
We only need one page
To express our feelings and pain
All we need is PEACE. We die in vain
Every single day
Yes, we need to pray
More and more often
So we can go to heaven
When we die
This is no lie
We can smell a new year
Let's start a new prayer
All we want is to have PEACE
On top of the list
All we need is Universal World Peace
And to leave this earth in one piece
While having a glitzy feast
No drones, no bullets, no wars, no lies, no tragedies
No guns, no deadly bombs, no cannons and no bullies.
Copyright © December 2018, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
On the hearth of the dead, so gloomy,
The heart beats hard, with little left.
In vain the bird still bears its wings
— What is a silken nest to be,
When it cannot fly?
A bitter tear only wets its cheeks.
O bloodthirsty one,
forever cursed you are!
Therefore tonight,
dance a circle for the children:
A circle of friends, a circle of joy,
May it move for your good,
Eternally, joyfully,
around the world.
Let the hungry not crave bread tonight.
Let the barefoot share their shoes.
To those who thirst the most,
Let water be given, forever free.
Play the fraternal circle,
children,
Let roses grow behind your footsteps.
Bury the curse of hatred deep,
For it is the cause of all misery
— This, you must know.
World-peace, and the age-long fight
Decisive to win it
No heart for God fought and won as
O'ercome of His spirit.
Genocide, a parasite fed on silence,
smuggles our humanities—
bombs and tanks leave no soul behind.
Corruption lurks,
demolishing nationwide peace.
History rewritten in smoke,
while truth drowns in blood.
Blood paints the walls
from warehouse to parliament.
Leeches suck on humanity,
slaughter masked as secularism.
How many graves
before peace has a price?
How many souls
must be offered before we wake?
How many silences
before our voices learn to speak?
The world watches,
feasting on headlines,
forgetting the cost of indifference.
And yet—
in the cracks of ruin,
a whisper grows into thunder.
The oppressed carve their names
into the stone of tomorrow.
Justice, though delayed,
waits like fire beneath the ashes.
One day,
the parasite will starve.
One day,
silence will shatter into storm.
One day,
the chained will rise as fire.
And on that day,
the world will blaze with truth,
and humanity—
will no longer bow.
Frankly it’s a lot easier for me
To visualize whirled peas than world peace,
And I imagine that’s true for everyone.
The only way for me to visualize world peace
Is through the eyes of a child
And more and more
That child needs to be younger and younger.
To say these are difficult times
Is a truism verging on trite,
But with every challenge comes a reward
And after every night a dawn
To cite a few more apt and trite truisms.
Do I have hope? Not really
Do I have fear? Not really
What I have is honor for those who try
And celebration for those who succeed.
AC/DC sang it best,
“It’s a long way to the top
If you wanna rock ‘n roll”
So let’s rock ‘n roll.
(9/14/25)
When my mother in law died a few years ago
She did so at home before dawn one summer’s morn,
And my wife and I went over and sat around
For a few hours as her dad cooked us breakfast.
All the time her mom’s body lay there
Slowly cooling in the living room.
And what was remarkable
Is that for such a low key and unassuming woman
Gale filled the whole house
With a palpable peace and stillness,
Unlike one I’d ever experienced before.
Today I feel that same kind of blessing is being felt
With the passing of Charlie Kirk,
Except instead of filling a single house
His spirit is filling the entire world.
Let that sink in for a moment.
We’re talking about a once in a millennium kind of soul.
I truly believe that in paradise
everything is perfect, everything is nice.
Hell, there, even souls from Russia and Ukraine
can toast newfound friendship with pink, iced champagne,
and laugh ~ about their ultimate sacrifice.
Oh, sweet God, deafening roars of war's fire,
soldiers and civilians broken lifeless.
Skies ablaze, screaming missiles,
thunderous horizons.
The wails of fallen's families,
a plea for world peace,
joining prayers of many people.
In countries around the globe,
a weeping of bereavement.
A sighing of the soul,
bent knees, hands holding their
children closer,
a plea for the silence of the guns. ~
world peace
is it attainable?
not yet.
Plausible?
not here.
Possible?
maybe some day
not this day
not while the NRA rules
and young men are the first ones sent to the front as fodder
while old men collect pensions and lifetime salaries
things might change if we sent senators and congressmen to the front
after they declare wars on other countries
Burry the arms and close the armies
Raise the temples of love and harmony
Weapons.
They are the Killers of lives
None is evil and none is good
Everyone is soul and everyone is life
Love has to rule the world and
Smile has to light every where -all
Borders have to be vanished all
Countries have to be united
We, the people should be united
as the citizens of the one globe
No Indians and ,no Americans all are one
The Citizens of this planet
when an impenetrable shield ~ is struck by an unbreakable sword
in the collision not one atom is lost ~ and stalemate gets restored
far better to have a standoff truce ~ than fight an unwinnable war
By
David Kavanagh
WORLD PEACE - This is a repost of my poem. It
is in my first published poetry book. Little Daisy Poetry by Daisy Meadows. Available in paperback edition or ebook on Amazon:
WORLD PEACE
W World Peace is needed today!
O Only be kind and loving please!
R Remember to be mindful in what you say,
L Life is so short,
D Don't waste it away.
P Peace, tranquility and a kind thought,
E Every life is precious,
A And respect is needed,
C Consideration, and don't be vicious!
E Everyone, PLEASE BE KIND!
Wishing you all a wonderful day!
Peace in the world is all we need.
It's all we desire.
It's all we long for.
Peace in the world
and no more fighting
and no more wars
and no more violence
is what we need
Peace in the world is all we need
to be happy
to be content
to live a good life
Peace in the world
and no more conflicts
is what we need
Peace in the world is all we need
so let's learn how to bring more Peace into the world
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