Tag: peace
member name: Verie Sandborg
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January 19, 2008 01:23 PM EST --
I was inspired to write this poem after reading "The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People ," by Jonathan Schell.
Peace is not apathy,
Living numbed, . . .
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April 12, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
Peace
Isn't certainty
For we make our way
Through the paradox
Of living life
In the face of death.
Peace is generations after us
Beckoning us to make the world kind,
But not boring.
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April 12, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
We walk into the life ahead,
Not without fear,
For the unknown of the future
Births newnesses,
Often murky and chaotic,
Scary uncertainties
That require
Updated mores
And diplomacy skills
We've yet . . .
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April 12, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
Peace releases
The pain of the dead
Who sigh thanks that at last
The wounds of war are over,
Healing surrounds us.
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April 12, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
Peace
Is win-win,
Building life
From a well-lived life,
Not from death.
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October 21, 2006 01:40 PM EDT --
Letting go
Of assumptions
That don't fit
This emerging life
Of a planetary
Consciousness,
Releasing
Unjust claims
That hold us hostage
To outworn mindsets,
Which drive us
To destroy ourselves
And . . .
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October 21, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
The world of Peace
Encompasses every creature
Who traverses this ancient planet,
Animals and plants
Lichens and mushrooms,
Bacteria, too,
People
Who dissent with me,
Those with funny customs
And names . . .
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August 11, 2006 08:22 PM EDT --
Publicly, I've been mostly quiet about the war between Israel and Hezbollah/Lebanon. But that doesn't mean I haven't thought about what's happening. I've tried to sort out the . . .
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September 03, 2006 03:11 PM EDT --
Our planet is becoming a global society closely connected through trade and media, but diversified in resources, values, customs and histories. In such a society, war is an anachronism. With . . .
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August 21, 2006 02:00 PM EDT --
Today's Chicago Tribune carries a photo of Illinois Senator Barack Obama while on an African tour visiting the Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela was held for 27 years. Obama describes . . .
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December 19, 2005 11:06 AM EST --
Whatever your religion, whether or not you are religious, or wherever you live, the meanings of the Christmas story hold deep inspiration for all of us. The story of Jesus' birth stands apart from . . .
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