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ready for battle
the dog chokes
on its leather leash
Paul David Mena
first signs of buds
on the pruned rose bush
should i rename it?
sprite
this day
without sunshine -
mostly orange
deborah russell (USA)
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news of the war
i knit my worry
into this sweater
Heather
cruise missile strike
quakers stand on the corner
holding candles
Heather
on the brink of war
news that the albatross
faces extinction
Alison (UK)
up on the roof
a great view
of peace
evening news shows peace keepers painting NO WAR
on the Sydney Opera House Roof.
Benita
the planet spinning
through darkness toward days
full of sunshine
j r snyder
When I draw a line
between myself and another --
I am on the wrong side.
Sheena A. Lawrence
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an empty bag
tossed in the wind
dreams of peace
frozen platform
in the Underground
army recruitment posters
sprite
Full moon
white tombstone indicating
a road to nowhere
Moussia-Roma
en route pour l'abattoir
et tout ce soleil
sur la route
on the way of the abattoir --
and all that sun
on the road
Serge
suddenly a thought
do poppies grow in the desert ?
sprite (UK)
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op een winterdag
weerklinken junglegeluiden
tegen de oorlog
on a winterday
jungle sounds ring out
against the war
vrede vraagt stilte
tussen protestborden
knallen voetzoekers
peace asks silence
between the protest signs
firecrackers
Geert Verbeke (Flanders)
peaceful dinner --
a dry French wine
with my Turkey
Paul David Mena
suddenly a thought
do poppies grow in the desert ?
sprite
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winter rain--
someone's car flag
in the ditch
pounding drums--
I place a lighted candle
in each window
Billie Wilson (USA)
a butterfly trodden over
corpses in a mass grave
the Earth is still turning
amputated hand
trying in vain
to dry the tears
opening a newspaper
picture of a dead child
it is raining outside
aircraft carrier
a seagull drops his dirt
on a combat aircraft
Silva Mizerit (Slovenia)
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on the memorial
frost fills
the marble names
Michael Rehling
poppy seeds
scattered in the sands
opiate sunset
sprite (UK)
blood on the needle. . .
the eighteen year old soldier
looks the other way
Sheila Windsor
winter silence -
an old M4
still aims at the coast
H. Gene Murtha
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Im Weissen Haus:
Unter dem Hochnebel
Dauerfrost
Gerd Borner (Germany)
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another winter
in the dead village sorrow
unwashed by the rains
first snowflakes,
no-one to light the fires –
soon the wolves
Vis\/nja Mc Master,
Zagreb, Croatia |
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mundane's small square
all that's left-the
short warmth
of long winter
deborah russell (USA)
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burning a flag
in the bitter cold --
the chill
Paul David Mena (USA)
Macabre Carnival
Trying o° the masks
of Death
Daniel Py (France)
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looking
for anti-war poems, I find
two children playing
Noami (Canada)
late summer moon
warmer than the earth
this night
names without war
a millennium wall
in the sun
Benita (NZ)
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Silence ...
as the freezing air breaks
leaves from a tree.
Gerd Boerner (Germany)
old pond
war weary
poet jumps in
Gabriel Rosenstock (UK)
snake under leaves --
onto your grave I lay the wings
of a dead butterfly
Kres\/imira Gojanovic/
Zagreb, Croatia
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a breaking heart ~
protesting yet another
war
benita
snowballs
the children play
americans and arabs
paul conneally (UK)
new graves
on an old battlefield
the sun as bright
allen
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Battle field
wind voice only whispering
I miss you
Burnt rose
torn from girl's hair
with one pull
Moussia (Italy)
In the storm
during the time of calm
I hold my breathe
Angelika Kolompar (CA)
War Moon !
Awake this " Floating-World "
What go grow like Ruins...
Jean-Louis d' Abrigeon (France)
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St. Valentine's Day
the fire started
with today's news
Cindy (USA)
blood and roses
a heart-shaped wreath
on the hero's grave
Heather Madrone (USA)
Valentines Day -
a single red rose
and two gas masks
ron moss (Tasmania)
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Pond dried up by bombs
burnt grasses
where have the frogs gone?
Moussia - Roma
mijn vriend in Bagdad
houdt nog steeds van de maan
hij is geen moordenaar
my friend in Bagdad
still loves the moon
he is not a killer
Geert Verbeke (Flander)
hawk's hoover
a view of calm seas
through a gun port
Gene Murtha (USA)
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mother and child
huddle in Bagdad darkness -
dry thunder
ron moss
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Macabre Carnival
Trying on the masks
of Death
on his branch
a falcon sizes up
the waste
Daniel Py (France)
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stray voices in the alley
almost every night--
this talk of war
Barry George (USA)
lunatique .....
encore cette foutue banniere
a vous couper l'envie d'etoiles
lunatic
still that wretched flag
enough of a cure for stars
sprite (UK)
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Hiroshima bridge
lovers shadows
kissing forever
Moussia (Italy)
à côté de mon père
son ami, dont le crâne
s'ouvre en deux
Daniel Py (France)
(WWII)
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rosary --
how much time before
the Bomb ?
Serge Tomé (Belgium)
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celui qui veille
verra l'étoile se lever
au-dessus du mur
Micheline Beaudry (CA)
wading through
dandelions in bloom.....
a mine
Alenka Zorman (Slovenia)
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epiphany --
I know it is only a cry
in the night
Serge Tomé |
His parents now gone--
A tear drop for all who died,
For a peaceful future.
Jacob Bard-Rosenberg (UK)
Wind lullaby
shutter rapping
on bombed home
Moussia
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21 guns mourn
those dead in the name of peace
destroyed by man's guns
DC Bursey (NewfoundlandLabrador) Canada
member of CAUSE
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nuclear program unfrozen the exchange of cold words and
warnings
Cindy (USA)
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a sudden gust -
my neighbor's flag
tilts to destress
h. gene murtha (USA)
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en voix-off
les rumeurs de guerre
puis la guerre
la raffinerie
en contre-jour d'un soleil
à la Van Gogh
Micheline Beaudry (QC)
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Site of massacre;
parking lot; see children run;
girl gives baby breast
Bells toll as trees sigh;
they weep leaves where soldiers fell;
stream flows where blood ran
Christopher T. George
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Beyrouth
la fumée noire dans le ciel
comme un cobra
Micheline Beaudry
morning of bombing
amid apple-tree blossom
scent of kerosene
Serge Tomé
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my hand
on the cutting line of the fallen tree
war is for tomorrow
Serge Tomé
kids laugh in snow --
sinking low
a dark cloud
Valentine hearts
replaced with
antiwar balloons
world war protests --
reflected on the TV screen
red sun rays
war protest
above people the arc
of colorful balloons
Alenka (Slovenia)
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