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Though war is
old it has not
become wise...

We hear a sweetness
The word is peace. It’s loud now
Louder than the explosion of bombs.

Peace
We will be
judged by how well
we have loved

The sprawling sound
of peace sails on the wind
A white butterfly

Peace salam paz nabad shaanti
Words we all recognize around the world
Words need to become action

2 nations, one people
One dividing battle line
One language – PEACE...

rain in Fallujah
blue skies over Idaho
blemish on our souls

in a spring of rain
two lovers stop still to watch
their smiles unfolding

solitary souls
bowed beneath a weight of rain
hurry through neon

hard rain in the square
a green tendril slips its tongue
between the flagstones

rain on a puddle
its drops splashing second thoughts
back toward the sky

a saft fine drizzle…
why sic a pleuter o wurds
when smirrnin wad dae?

Grandmothers, mothers,
daughters, each generation
chants a hymn of hope.

From my playground,
Peace always comes running
barefoot in the sand.

My fingerprint:
a tiny Universe
surrounding peace.

I wait for peace:
on this fragil calendar,
with its crystal dreams.

Rhythm kindles hope:
as the drum circle of peace
gathers in the heart.

Talk about it ; help
wonderful life to unfold.
Violence distorts.

Between broken arms
Buds glow in coloured sparks
Shining in the ruins

Broken gourd
The shards
Still echoing

Dirt up to my ankle
I look back. The path I’ve drawn
Is a mud-tuft prank

(For Paul Muldoon)
I taped it with hue
The colour that begin to leak
Saturday or Sunday

Soaked
In the evening glow
A retiring day

Full light
Eyes darting
In the dark

Broom
Picking dirt
Off the moon

Days of standing firm
Their hope could not be broken
Bright light lit the square

Starting with jasmine
Sweet smells pervaded the skies
And blew through walls

Eagle and dove fly
Across a star-spangled sky
Watched by the hawk

Peace: Brother, Sister.
Peace: Unite against danger.
Not each other. Peace.

Peace tastes like warm plums –
Through God’s flute (that realm) it comes
As prayer, smells of rain.

Some dreams I remember.
Others fade like color
kissed by sunlight.

The tall, dark man
stepped into the elevator across from me.
I stared into his eyes.

If words were bricks, would
they shatter windows or build
a community?

Think of each stab as
a sob from your grandmother
when the police come.

Released rage empowers
When wisdom and love assist
Storms can become oaks

Love unlatched holds hands.
Flowers bloom in every heart.
Watch our gardens grow.

noon's lull in the rain__
one snail's long journey
begins

miss you riding hard
like Shoemaker in the fifth
ball deep in yo turf

If heaven were tongues
licking a Coltrane solo
earth would be empty

without jazz to rest
my head to think and breathe
like life without love

Let peace live every
day gifted to this world
with each sunrise & set

haiku:
many stars, one earth
many others, one of you
many guides, one source

Haikus are weird.
sometimes they dont make sense.
refridgerator.

Surrender right now
Accept the present moment
There is none other

Peace can be a is
a noisy affair.

Peace is a Yorkie
Small, full of courage and love
Unconditional

Peace is not alone
We are of the human race
We have each other

peace
a wonder
of love and hope

I awake to birth
Waterfalls of Peacemakers
A silent army

A Haiku of Peace
In a troubled time
My God brings me peace
Flowing like a river

When I chant
Nam-myho-Renge-Kyo
I feel peace amongst us.

Soar with the white dove
High above worry and fear
On spread wings of love

Soft breezes wake up
Piercing wars with gentle smiles
As we all hold hands.

Peace, peace, peace,
Be still in Spirit
All is well allways

Peace is the sound of
Kids arguing about books;
Not corners nor cash.

Sometimes I will Dream.
Sometimes I complain too much.
Give me a cheesesteak.

A fist unclenches
to carry a robin’s egg
back to its home nest

Peace ripples across
vast waters, like rocks skipping
Skipping like children

Peace is not a noun.
It’s not a state of being.
It’s something we do.

The green hummingbird
beats wings, suspended mid-air
Stillness is hard work

white wall to bright wall
of sound color and peaceful
music to my love

Fists unfurl
A fiddlehead becomes
a fern

Haiku for Sonia
Direct our paths to
see your continuous fire
and be wholly consumed.

Bathed in amber light
And God blew smoke around mountains
That were changing colors

Let me always breathe
In when I intend to lash
Out--- exhale to Peace

That stillness in our
soul cools us off cools us down
yes... we strive for this

Peace is like a song
That sounds so sweet to the ear
and rests in the heart.

Claire A. Washington

Joyful tear paths markthe
days spent of you and me holding
hands in peace

Tears are of the past
Acceptance is of the now
Love for the future

Peace is in my soul
And fills my spirit up high
Like a good church song.

Sunbathing naked
Feeds my soul and nurtures bones
Release Africa

One breath from two lives
find myself happy at three
yes or no, life grows

sky you are too big 
to be bursting with doubt, too 
beautiful for hate. 

peace: a gateway, a
door that opens - compels us
to listen. learn. love.

i send out my love
emotionally free, light
dances through the sky.

Peace and Love

Peace is an ocean
It pervades through limitlessly
With love, it's endless

Learn to listen again
Hear voices troubles feeling
W/ mindskin handseyes listen

Live in peace today
Live in peace for tommorrow
For peace is the way

Everywhere you look
is loveliness to behold
feel the life spirit

Peace and Meat:

We are our bodies.
We desire and destroy
For the sake of flesh.

You are waiting for
A white-winged dove to come but
The dove might be you.

Fleeting expression.I
see myself, my artAs impermanent

love and peace are with
us, within our being and soul
we will put God first

How can we get there?
Bow down. Bow down more, until
we're the wheels to peace.

There is nothing more
Lovely than my son living
A life of conscience.

I hear the hear new lies,
Nerves feel the next war slicing.
Pay for war? "No more!"

find peace
through childish ways,
Honesty and straightforwardness.

A river of peace
flows from the tears of mothers
and sweat of fathers.

peace and people are
united in constant hope
for permanence

My breath walks ahead
leading my heart to calm states.
You are invited!

Old houses light up
Walls reflecting our history
Murals tell stories

Philadelphia
City of amazing dreams
Love abounds throughout

Our love came to life
As we professed our passion
Loving poetry.

IN THE CO. OF POETS:

Our love came to life
As we professed our passion
Loving poetry.

discard useless fears
replenish barren landscapes
songs of peace abound

sweet songs
soaring from
the window of her soul

calm flowing
in the oasis
of my haiku

outpouring of peace
in the positive
power of haiku

peace and love
triumph together
in courage

Sonia is a song
Homegirls enjoy singing her
Her heart has windows.

Haiku taking over
Creativity controlled
Is it poetry or me?

War is for cowards
Afraid to love and be loved
Terrified of truth

Awake in a world
Where people live in our mind
Brings us back in time.

This is not Haiku
It's the Twitter of poems
Write the true Haiku

White Christmas? No, no. . .
My Christmas is sunny, bright
Nature made it warm. . .

steel pans
belting out carols...
peace on earth

Steel drums are playing:
Red, green lights on the palm trees.
Island Style yuletide. . .

There are two things that
I love in this whole wide world
My wife and my cat

the infant
in a manger ...
peace

Feel fresh, free, fair peace.
Imagine us now anew.
See safe, smart, sane peace.

It's cloudy outside....
Rain clouds dance along the sky...
It might rain today.

Sublimely taken
By the colors and textures
Soul and mind at peace

The sun warms my heart
Your face is the cutest thing ever
Your smile makes me happy

In my little hat
Holds unconditional love
Peace is all around

Infinite complete
Open door into the light
Over there not here

I think, I see, loss
My time, no peace, insane
Quick, un-patient world

Winter warms the heart deep
Come close, hold me, comfort me, release
Your joy, love, patience, peace

There is not enough
Time in the day to enjoy
The things life offers

Patience, practice, preserve people problems
Listen, inspire and love to teach growth
Make a great new world

I like to sew at
Home and make things for my Grandchildren
And they watch me sew.

Love, Peace, Happiness
Is what we need daily, not
To stress and progress

Love is the key that
Opens many doors wanting
More of whats in store

This is the big story:
Today there was no strife
It was a good day

Life is a picture
Work of art at its fullest
So be creative

Love stands for peace
This gingko is so cold
Yuki is for the snow that falls

I love art,
Art is Beautiful and that is
My Goal, to be a painter

When We Wear The
Sun, We Will Dream
In Shine, Light Love

Look at all these folks
May seem different from outside
But they share on heart

Run through life draped insunburnt
laughter flaunting joy to passing
frowns

Rough and shattered pieces
Assorted colors, homes, and journeys
Unified mosaic

Palm Tree, winds blowing
Rustling among the warm breeze:
It Paints a Picture

If you listen well
Flutes soar, drums rise, children gleam,
they all cry 'PEACE'!

Peace is love. Love is
Peace. Peace is art. Art is peace.
Peace is love. Love is Art.

Peace for Philly
in our lives and homes
so let's celebrate.

flaming candles
flickering in the wind...
a march for peace

Philly peace has got
roots down in its riverbanks
slipped under soil

Lazy sunlight spills
on the first sighs of morning.
This city exhales.

We stand together
Silent solidarity
Singing songs of peace.

Happy Birthday To
Muralist Diego R
He would paint on walls

A bluebird shook loose
Its feathers to dust away
Crime in our city

On a day in Spring
Swarms of bees pollinated
The earth with honey

Wastelands of hatred
Decay into fields of love
That embrace mankind

to life i bid thee
sorrow no more debts, from deaths
woes I Borrow

we must hold peace. weare
the dreamers. therefore, we
continue the dream.

unity and peace
deep down in the heart...
a gentle glow

Peace dancing white doves
Candelabras hanging from trees
Church one haiku night

peace ~
hope soaring
on wings of love

Radiating lovePeace
blankets the earth like snow, from
His heart to ours

Happy sorrow dark
Peaceful memories at large
Little smiles, distant trials

Light up my world with
happy sorrow and joyous
laughter. Find me peace.

Happy Sorrow,
Enlighten me with your joy.
I'm ready.

Happy the victor appears
Sorrow fills the steps made to achieve
War brings out the worst in all.

Let us walk on love
And dance on the bright new star
While dreaming of peace.

into the light
and begin to paint our
hopes and dreams for all

free my soul today
and let me walk on the moon
so beautifully

Cynicism. The last refuge
of the intelligent
coward.

Listen. We can't be one
until we are first
allowed to be different.

Trust. Nothing says freedom
like a young child
allowed to run like a bird.

So beautifully small.
So wonderfully dwarfed and
precise. Let's play :)

Nieve is just another
kind of dream. The one
we fear will come true.

Everyday pick one fear
& kiss it square on the forehead.
Make it blush.

Empty squares full of
Potential. Sudoku-san
Pauses, fills them in.

November chill
a patch of ripples disappears

peaceful evening
time for fireflies
and memories

in the calm
after the storm
bird songs

Oppression burns peace
Smoke from the victorious ash
Voice Sonya Sanchez

any time's the right
time / flip the switch and turn
on to / the beauty all around

sonya says be quiet
/ put you on pause & just
listen / hear what your world says

The children's laughter,In
the dusk can't you see the Sad
waste, just stop war.

Peace for one person
Makes for pieces of peace in
A town, country, world.

I hear it. Do you?
The gurgle of the brook as
It heals itself again.

beneath asphalt
something capable of leaf
waits. for us, too

strewn steel embers
through ash and bits of bone
soon, the snow

strains of a violin
an old man walks
to his own rhythm

private keep off
words nailed to a tree
the sun comes through

wooden bridge
a maple leaf settles
on its reflection

a temple pond . . .

the mango moon floats

my thought

a leaf caught
by the boulder . . . pauses
on ahimsa's path

Stop the deaf'ning noise.
News. No. It must not be true.
Say it isn't so.

the smiles of children
all over the world filling
the clouds everyday

If peace is merely
a word, then let us be the
greatest story told.

peace ...
a river
in ripples

power of peace
breaking down the walls of
hate and hostility

crossing boundaries
of race, color and creed...
the triumph of peace

a leaf caught
by the boulder, pauses
—ahimsa's path

Kala Ramesh

comfortable
in my skin, a slow
crooked stream

no fly zone --
am i a terrorist
for daydreaming

peace ...
snow covering
everything i know


no-fly zone:
am i a terrorist
for daydreaming

Two-thousand twelve it
Be yet they still sit me in
The negro section

I believe when she
Was conceived we were in love
Although nevermore

To exhale myself
feel your heart you miracle
and belong to peace

I am first with five
Then seven in the middle --
Five again to end.

heartbroken can you
keep it open practice love
instead of closing

For peace, we transform
our clashes into songs sung
louder than wars cry.

Life is divided
In tiny, shattered moments
But art unites us.

ain’t no pusher for
peace. u gotta grow yr own
natural high road

Lightness follows us
A myriad of paths marked
Lead the way gladly

From Passyunk Ave
To Mount Vernon and Eighteenth
My Chi has arrived

Welcome. Food. Safety,
washed in clean laughter, tying
this wish to light, breath.

PEACE is a quiet
word. A luxury that should
be common for all.

Get your autumn coat
There is a lesson to teach
How far can you reach?

My day is very chill
Today another lesson
And yet I breathe

Full light
Eyes darting
In the dark

The chill is not cold
But is the color of change
And the serene dream calm

lit candles glow through
tiny paper lantern boats
afloat on silence

Grandmothers, mothers,
daughters, each generation
chants a hymn of hope.

Talk about it ; help
wonderful life to unfold.
Violence distorts.

Satan may rest
When the God in me
Sees Allah in You

Rhythm kindles hope:
as the drum circle of peace
gathers in the heart.

Your hand I hold mine.
I SCREAM your scream, feel your pain
Cosmic kin end star wars.

Paint me a picture
Create sound and movement there
Relax and be light

Oh, Gingko lovely
The Lesson of Nature Reigns
My Breath is calm now

Peace: Brother, Sister.
Peace: Unite against danger.
Not each other. Peace.

Sharing pumpkin bread
With a scoop of cold ice cream
What good company

From my harvest coat
Love is my teacher’s blackboard
Meditate breathe calm

Found in an unlimited ocean
Accumulating notes of info
For universal offerings

Autumn frost harvest
Priming the nova gel transfer
Bloodless true graffiti

rain in Fallujah
blue skies over Idaho
blemish on our souls

They wised for summer
Its lessons already gone
Lay down your haiku

Peace salam paz nabad shaanti
Words we all recognize around the world
Words need to become action

Frost on the window
A scaffold from the season
Breathe into morning