Fw: Poetry Contest

[toke]

Dear Joelle

what a poem from the heart.......

I honour the poetry of the heart and you who let it flow....

thank you

- toke


lørdag 12. apr 2003 kl. 16:26 skrev Audrey Coward:

> Here is Joelle's poem
>
> Audrey
>
>
>
>
>     I'm breathing the smoke
>     of gunshots, mortars, missiles,
>      and oil wells burning.
>      I'm stirring in the night,
>      hearing children crying and mothers keening
>
>     It has the grit of desert sandstorm.
>
>     The night sky is torn by explosives,
>     cut by the arc of a missile.
>     There's no place far enough
>      to put my heart at ease.
>
>     Can I buy another chance?
>
>      I want to refuse to take sides.
>
>     I want to imagine a world
>      more spacious and more intimate.
>      I want the courage to buy
>      homes and meals and schoolbooks
>      instead of guns and tanks
> .
>      I want to be peace, wild and fierce and sweet.
>
>
> April, 2003
>  Joelle Lyons Everett
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"Lift the veil that obscures the heart
and there you will find what you are looking for."
- Kabir

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>From  Sat Apr 12 18:29:52 2003
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Joelle Lyons Everett schrieb:

> ... I'm sure that this journey will
> bring joy, laughter and learning.  .

...as you did already in the past, dear joelle.
congratulations !

florian

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