FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: POINTS AND LINES Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words point and/or line, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on November 17th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Points and Lines will be published online and will be invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, November 18th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Fred Whitlock

Dreaming Of Peace.


All nations, religions,

and communities

break apart your attitudes,

borders, and constraints

Have the courage to sacrifice

start to believe in

mutual coexistence

Let there be no more borders, 

roadblocks, or walls

between us


Start sewing those threads

no matter how thin

to form a fabric

of thought

Where cultures come together

and  are recognized

in their beauty

and traditions

Dancing to the rhythm

of peace

As struggles,  conflicts,

and turmoil dissolve 

in well thought out

solutions

Moving forward

in dignity

Peace to be seen

as the most important step

towards human survival


No more bombs 

or missiles

falling out of the sky

Let peace be back

in the atmosphere

and return it

to its natural state

no longer a collective 

battlefield


No more hate

No more harden stands

No more power plays 

Let harmony seep in

and refresh us


May we change our

vocabulary

and let peace be

the language we speak


May peace become a

solid object

that everyone

is delighted

to touch and hold

Gracefully sharing it

with each other


Oh, the dream 

of peace

never to be 

given up

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