Peace One Day – Sonnet 1
We long for peace and so we sadly ponder
what’s needed to achieve that precious state
as, fleeing from war, we see so many wander
homeless, lost despairing of their fate.
what’s needed to achieve that precious state
as, fleeing from war, we see so many wander
homeless, lost despairing of their fate.
“Peace is maintained by force, yes sometimes terror!”
or so glib politicians have us think,
complacent and self-serving they’re in error,
their recklessness may lead us to the brink.
or so glib politicians have us think,
complacent and self-serving they’re in error,
their recklessness may lead us to the brink.
While the overlords deploy the pieces,
moving people on the gameboard as they please,
to bend the devious game to suit their thesis:
preserving power, wealth and lives of ease.
moving people on the gameboard as they please,
to bend the devious game to suit their thesis:
preserving power, wealth and lives of ease.
We must reclaim humanity at last
to break the grip of greed that holds us fast.
to break the grip of greed that holds us fast.
© Leon Silver September 2018
Ghosts of Fukushima
A surge of mist from off the sea
Enfolds the roofs and eaves
Piles up in empty doorways
And whispers to the leaves
Enfolds the roofs and eaves
Piles up in empty doorways
And whispers to the leaves
It enters without asking
Through a pane left open wide
And listens to the scuttle
Of tiny feet inside
Through a pane left open wide
And listens to the scuttle
Of tiny feet inside
It sits upon a broken chair
And beckons with its hand
Calls down a low and chill lament
As an owl comes in to land
And beckons with its hand
Calls down a low and chill lament
As an owl comes in to land
A shiver passes down the street
A voice converses on its own
I’m here, I’m here, but where are you ?
Far away and all alone
A voice converses on its own
I’m here, I’m here, but where are you ?
Far away and all alone
Are ancestral spirits howling,
Or is it just the wind that’s prowling ?
Or is it just the wind that’s prowling ?
The sea-mist flickers round the moon
Reveals a faint, imagined -light
And in the fields and in the town
Restless souls work through the night.
Reveals a faint, imagined -light
And in the fields and in the town
Restless souls work through the night.
© Fay Roberts Autumn 2018
It's peace We want
It's peace We want
Tho we only get appeased
At the results of wars
Set by the MIC
The Complex run to soak up taxes
To kill, maim, invade
Make war install proxies.
Tho we only get appeased
At the results of wars
Set by the MIC
The Complex run to soak up taxes
To kill, maim, invade
Make war install proxies.
It's peace we want
Seen in our mind's eye
Calm prosperity,
Community passing by Though on the media
Broken bodies, buildings lie
Damaged, destroyed tamed
As we look, saying sadly
'Not in my name'
Seen in our mind's eye
Calm prosperity,
Community passing by Though on the media
Broken bodies, buildings lie
Damaged, destroyed tamed
As we look, saying sadly
'Not in my name'
Its Peace we want
On Earth and in the sky
Watching Hurricanes batter
Small islands, will they survive
The onslaught of our climate change
Anthropocene, they call this Age
The fault of Humans
Says the scientific sage
On Earth and in the sky
Watching Hurricanes batter
Small islands, will they survive
The onslaught of our climate change
Anthropocene, they call this Age
The fault of Humans
Says the scientific sage
Its Peace we want,
For this 21st Century
And we, alive now
Will be judged on our actions – or apathy
By those writing History
For this 21st Century
And we, alive now
Will be judged on our actions – or apathy
By those writing History
For us concerned, active and far sighted
‘We’ll keep striving’, is our refrain
For justice, equality, care for all
One human race, one love, one life
One Earth shared, is our call.
It's Peace we want.
© LadyRoisin 2018
November 2014 ‘We’ll keep striving’, is our refrain
For justice, equality, care for all
One human race, one love, one life
One Earth shared, is our call.
It's Peace we want.
AUSTERITY
I work full time get overtime.
BUT
I can’t afford to feed my family
When did we have a holiday ?
Without food banks we would starve.
YET When did we have a holiday ?
Without food banks we would starve.
This is the fifth richest country in the world.
BUT
We can spend billions on Trident
Controlled by the Americans
Controlled by the Americans
We build aircraft carriers
With no planes to fly
We sell arms to corrupt regimes
Like Saudi Arabia
WHY ?With no planes to fly
We sell arms to corrupt regimes
Like Saudi Arabia
Because the arms manufacturers make money
For their share holders
But we ordinary people starve.
For their share holders
But we ordinary people starve.
This wrong
PEACE IS THE ONLY WAY
Richard E. Hart PEACE IS THE ONLY WAY
Trump Towers
January 19th
Trump Towers here, Trump Towers there
Trump Towers proliferating everywhere
Trump Towers proliferating everywhere
Multi-national ruthless powers
Ensures the future of the Towers
Ensures the future of the Towers
Business deals grow the whole world over
While tax avoidance is ‘ in clover’
While tax avoidance is ‘ in clover’
Tax evaders are running wild
Trump will see they are not filed
Trump will see they are not filed
Business empires are flying high
Trump Towers are reaching into the sky
Trump Towers are reaching into the sky
The President-elect is nearly in place
elevated in
Trump Tower’s lifts high up ‘ in space ‘
Trump Tower’s lifts high up ‘ in space ‘
January 20th.
Now Trump Towers and the White House are virtually one
It will be hard to garner light from the sky and warmth from the sun
It will be hard to garner light from the sky and warmth from the sun
Trump will be building walls so firm,
that bridges won’t stand much chance this presidential term
that bridges won’t stand much chance this presidential term
Trump Towers here, Trump Towers there
Trump Towers will be ruling everywhere
Trump Towers will be ruling everywhere
© Ann Garrett
Atomic Warfare
All around the planet, throughout the damaged world
Too many people fighting; they're fighting to be heard,
Over in Asia, Africa while atrocities unfurl,
Men in Ivory Towers don't listen to a word!
Instead, they count their money, their weapons and their power.
Cannot see beyond their high stone walls
What's happening each hour.Too many people fighting; they're fighting to be heard,
Over in Asia, Africa while atrocities unfurl,
Men in Ivory Towers don't listen to a word!
Instead, they count their money, their weapons and their power.
Cannot see beyond their high stone walls
Atomic weapons don't save lives; they bankrupt countries, nations.
Replacing bombs with buildings, jobs would end life's rations.
Forget the school boy rhetoric: "my bomb will kill you first".
At night, d' you ever wonder, which day will be your last?
Respond to your humanity, I know it's there inside.
Events, like war, could stop right now, if peace came to reside"
© Patricia Lower [June 2019]
A Disaster
Fukushima is a Disaster
Fukushima is a Disaster
A nuclear power plant is a Disaster
The Tsunami is a Disaster
Nuclear material in the Pacific is a Disaster
It reaching the US West coast is a Disaster
Injuring fish is a Disaster
Radiating the Prefecture is a Disaster
Radiating the people is a Disaster
Radiating the children is a Disaster
Treating people wrongly is a Disaster
Hinkley Point is a Disaster
Dungeness is a Disaster
If they continue
The human race may be a Disaster
Fukushima is a Disaster
A nuclear power plant is a Disaster
The Tsunami is a Disaster
Nuclear material in the Pacific is a Disaster
It reaching the US West coast is a Disaster
Injuring fish is a Disaster
Radiating the Prefecture is a Disaster
Radiating the people is a Disaster
Radiating the children is a Disaster
Treating people wrongly is a Disaster
Hinkley Point is a Disaster
Dungeness is a Disaster
If they continue
The human race may be a Disaster
Bunny Easton March 2018
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