Form for All & Friday Flash 55 — Remembered

After "what if" happens
some will survive to tell
how their hate, their weapons
made Earth a living hell.

Few names will be remembered—
and sung a capella.

With memories of atoms
at eve’s blast all pell-mell
they’ll look into the heavens
and raise a new groundswell

of hearts never surrendered—
à la Nelson Mandela.

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Written for Friday Flash 55, G-Man, and his Mr. Knowitall community...

      and also for

dVerse Poets Pub Form for All, where host Samuel Peralta invites us to write a poem in 55 words this week.

Please visit both links to read many more "55s" as these two writing communities join together this week. What a special idea, Sam!

[Image via tumblr, where credit to the photographer was not given.]
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Poetics: P e a c e

peace04 by Doug Ross


Perfect peace is not something to preach.
Even the holy ones should know that to be true.
Ancient teaching cannot ensure peace for today yet
Cosmic energy still beckons us toward a tranquil tomorrow.
Enlightenment is within our stretched imaginations.  R e a c h.


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Written for Poetics — Peace Within and Without — at dVerse Poets hosted this week by Mary Kling, whose prompt post is was truly beautiful and gave me pause for contemplation. Thank you, Mary. 

As happens on occasion, I found the ideal image for my poem after the poem was completed. Could hardly believe how well it fit. The artist's Imagekind site is linked under the photo, but I wanted to share also his website, here.

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the opposite of peace is scary

photos by MLydiaM

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