Seattle Participants Nancy Peacock |
DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS THROUGH POETRY |
TURNING HYDROGEN INTO GOD The first self-sustaining chain reaction took place the day I was seven weeks old. We have flown far in our quest that if we get the light right we will see God, be God. Light without Word, a light without hands, light without lilies. Looking into the blue haze of neutrons there is something fractured about this light and thoughts of God and what we might expect the color of transfiguration to be. Too young to tell time, my brother looks down at the gears of an alarm clock he has just dismantled with no idea of how he might put it back together. We aim our faces deep into the atom. Eyes twitch at the movement of smaller and smaller pieces until we find one that stares back, does not yield to theories of cells, atoms or any small parts. - Diane Westergaard |
Seattle Participants Nancy Peacock |
HARMONY Slough no tear for callus worn From hand that shields the wind, Nor mourn the stinger neatly torn From queen's responsive kin. Slice living stalk beneath plump germ, Without a moment's notice, And crush the elongated worm, 'Neath your lover's writhing pelvis. Marvel at the blowfly's wing, But keep it from your fodder, Listen to the poet sing, But keep him from your daughter. For human bonds, learned or innate, Cold nature must resist, And peace is but a balanced state, Of powers harmonious. - Ken Shiovitz |
HOW POETRY CREATES PEACE Poetry is like magic. It can do what you please. When you hear a good poem You think of good things. You stop all the violence And you make peace. So, poetry is like magic and good deeds. Poets can see the world differently And do no harm just help. Poetry creates peace and no crying And poetry lets people say what They want in a nice way. -Alisa Minkina age 10 |