Wage Peace
Wage peace with your breath.
Breathe in firemen and rubble,
breathe out whole buildings
and flocks of redwing blackbirds.
Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children
and freshly mown fields.
Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees.
Breathe in the fallen
and breathe out lifelong friendships intact.
Wage peace with your listening:
hearing sirens, pray loud.
Remember your tools:
flower seeds, clothes pins, clean rivers.
Make soup.
Play music, learn the word for thank you in three languages.
Learn to knit, and make a hat.
Think of chaos as dancing raspberries,
imagine grief as the outbreath of beauty
or the gesture of fish.
Swim for the other side.
Wage peace.
Never has the world seemed so fresh and precious.
Have a cup of tea and rejoice.
Act as if armistice has already arrived.
Don't wait another minute.
~ Mary Oliver ~
Hi Gina,
While I enjoyed the poem, I'm afraid at least part of it flew over my head lol. But peace is always good!! Live in the moment and enjoy it thoroughly!!
I'll drop you a line in a bit. I'm currently coming up with new hiding places for wrapped gifts. A futile excercise I'm sure.
Beck
While I enjoyed the poem, I'm afraid at least part of it flew over my head lol. But peace is always good!! Live in the moment and enjoy it thoroughly!!
I'll drop you a line in a bit. I'm currently coming up with new hiding places for wrapped gifts. A futile excercise I'm sure.
Beck
Hey Beck,
I made the mistake of reading a newspaper this morning. I think when I get depressed over world events, which I have no control over, it's because I'm dodging some internal issue (like the email my SOB father sent last week). I love this poem. To me it's about making heaven where I can.
Thanks for letting me share it.
Merci.
Dank u wel.
Xie xie.
Love, Gina
I made the mistake of reading a newspaper this morning. I think when I get depressed over world events, which I have no control over, it's because I'm dodging some internal issue (like the email my SOB father sent last week). I love this poem. To me it's about making heaven where I can.
Thanks for letting me share it.
Merci.
Dank u wel.
Xie xie.
Love, Gina
Dancing Rasberries forever in my head...lol
Thanks for that Gina!
Thanks for that Gina!
Gina,
I love the poem.
Gracias
Arigato
Spasibo
Love,
DeNae
I love the poem.
Gracias
Arigato
Spasibo
Love,
DeNae
oh that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside,makes me think of christmas carrols and toe nails hangin on the christmas tree[lmao]..............vinny.
swim for the otherside...
love that
thankyou for that beautiful poem
words can hurt, even scar
they can also evoke good feelings in us
evoke peace and calm.
thankyou for calming me.
ali
love that
thankyou for that beautiful poem
words can hurt, even scar
they can also evoke good feelings in us
evoke peace and calm.
thankyou for calming me.
ali
VINNY.,.....
LMAO, Belly laugh again!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO, Belly laugh again!!!!!!!!!!
was thata typo??/
TOENAILS hanging from the christmas tree???
i dont get it...
A
TOENAILS hanging from the christmas tree???
i dont get it...
A
LOL, You'll get used to vinny's unique brand of humor in time, Ali.
Wage Peace? Well hell Gina thats no fun...LOL
michelle
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I sure hope Vinny isn't going to get the idea to paint all his toenails with glitter, take them off and put them on the tree. Vinny, I was talking about the big toe!
ROFL
I have no response to that one, Beck.
I have no response to that one, Beck.
Wobble cobbled shoe licker!
