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PEACE PAGE

 

PLEASE BE WATCHING FOR DETAILS OF THE POSTERS FOR PEACE ART CONTEST TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

 

Our Editor and Poetry Committee are pleased to announce the winner of the 2004 Worldwide Children's Poetry for Peace Contest in which we invited visitors to submit poems about peace.

 

Congratulations to JULIE PISACANE, who submitted not one, but two poems. Both are thoughtful, sober, and yet beautifully hopeful. We post them here for all visitors to share.

 

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PEACE RIVER

Tears on my face is what you see
when lives are ended tragically.

There is a solution better than war.
It's time to open a brand new door.

We can find a way to all work together,
before it's too late and the door shuts forever.

Rise up everyone and take a fresh stand
Reach out and hold your neighbor's hand.

Follow your heart straight over the rainbow
and there you'll see the Peace River flow.

There are many who travel and thirst for peace
day after day searching and will never cease.

The Peace River brings joy and comfort to all
who listened with their ears and heard His call.

The Peace River exists in a very special place.
All who drink there have a smile on their face.

There are no more wicked plans for a battle,
just kind souls, rainbows, sheep and cattle.

So come join the others as it's time to go…
as Peace awaits just over the rainbow.

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HEARTFELT PEACE

Peace is a moment reflected upon
Dreams and visions start to unfurl.
Peace today is harder to find,
As we labor away to find this pearl.

A new fresh beginning, like Spring.
Peace is a season to try.
Kind people will do just anything
to make someone smile and not have them cry.

Pray for all people to join together
Rejoicing and living in sweet harmony.
Battles and wars are erased forever.
Celebrations are heard over land and sea.

Peace will no longer be
if we all stop working towards this.
We must open our eyes to see
a joined effort creates such bliss.

One by one this job can be done
Pray for guidance each day.
Peace is music that can be heard.
Peace is God's chosen way.

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