On Writing Peace Poetry
POETRY FORMAT, 23 Jul 2012
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
When poetry for peace we write
We mean a much deeper might
Why? Peace-words would never fight
Instead, they suggest a sustainably serene sight
When poems for peace we compose
A world of relational dignity we propose
Peace poetry calls for a life-supporting- and- saving vocabulary
In such spirit, many kinds of Nonkilling words will be necessary
Through peace through poetry, in many languages, may more people be educated
As peace-poets, let´s pledge for our poetic-planetary co-responsibility to be elevated.
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Francisco Gomes de Matos is a peace linguist and human rights educator from Recife-Brazil, author, among others, of the book Nurturing Nonkilling: A Poetic Plantation (2010, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu-Hawai’i). Downloadable at www.nonkilling.org. Co-founder: The World Dignity University Initiative.
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As a POET promoting UNIVERSAL PEACE, I furnish my latest poem on peace, as under:
IF EVERYONE STRIVES
Without love ….
there is no tolerance
Without tolerance ….
there is no peace
Without peace ….
there is no prosperity
Without prosperity ….
there is no happiness
Without happiness ….
there is no meaning for life.
Through love …. blossoms peace,
Which paves a way for prosperity,
Through prosperity blossoms happiness
Which fulfills everything we aspire,
These are the four strong pillars
On which our ‘lives’ can build progress;
These are the four strong options
On which our ‘future’ can solidly rely,
These are the four strong spheres
In which we ought to ‘stand united’.
Blessed, blessed will be humans
If everyone strives for universal welfare;
Stability and integrity, if gets endangered
The principles of freedom get ditched,
And, the driving force that lifts us all
Is unity that breaks all cobwebs of despair,
And, the fruits of peace will be within reach
Once we see our fondest hope blossoming.
YES, ENOUGH OF THIS….
(A poem on the twin-blasts that shook
Hyderabad City, INDIA, on 21.02.2013)
Shattering and uprooting realism
A sudden outburst of extremism,
Shocked the serene city, Hyderabad*
Melting peace into thin air, it shook all !
By the massive impact of bomb blasts
Scores of innocents were slashed apart
The inhumane, cowardly and cruel act
Tore the heart of Hyderabad city, apart.
Yet, undaunted by the prospect of death
On PEACE, a Hyderabadi still keeps faith;
Yes, enough of this terrorism and violence
This is a common man’s voice, in silence.
Patience and spirit, the main chapters of life
Can turn life flowery, betwixt gloom and grief;
And, the merciless and inhuman perpetrators
Liable for the brutal acts, are certainly traitors.
Pray God ! Let Hyderabad City recovers soon!
And, may the departed souls, rest in peace!