Category Archives: Anti-War

POEM: Waist, A Way?

Anytime a child starves to death it is a catastrophic moral failure of humanity. Feed Gaza. End the genocide. Free Palestine. Waist, A Way? “I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life … Continue reading

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POEM: Taut a Lessen

I am a fan of deeply existential questions. If you had to choose, would you rather be the one who threatened others, even to the point of death, into deeply degrading situations, or be the one subjected to such treatment? … Continue reading

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POEM: Allot of Pacifism

Allot of Pacifism “It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it.” ― Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own “Being a pacifist between wars is as easy as being a vegetarian between meals.” –Ammon … Continue reading

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POEM: Fire Metes Fire

Fire Metes Fire “Hate is sadness wrapped in razors.” — Aaron French As the whirled burns The people cried and cried We must fight fire with fire too Get out Of this hell We are all in Yet know madder … Continue reading

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POEM: Fly, Like a Dove

Giving the whirled the bird… Fly, Like a Dove I fly Like a dove Silent as a breeze With an olive branch In my bill Unspent You can see it In my eyes Look, ma No arms

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POEM: Unhouse a Wrest

This poem stems from the blind leading the bind in the asymmetry of crying “hostages” when all of Gaza is an open air prison bombed to rubble, where over two million Palestinians are under unhouse arrest — not to mention … Continue reading

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POEM: Effacing Humanity

We must stop the genocide in Gaza. This poem reflects current news events in Gaza, where Israeli occupation forces blew a fetus from the belly of its mother, and snipers have shot clusters of kids, showing up at the hospital … Continue reading

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POEM: As Awe of Palestine Weeps

Genocide is never justified. There is no such thing as a “defensive” genocide. Let US end the mass starvation in Gaza. Never again. As Awe of Palestine Weeps O Israel Be-holed The lored you are god Reigning down Death On … Continue reading

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POEM: The Tell — Pariah States

The indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcomed by Trump and both congressional Republicans and Democrats, rather than arresting him under international law. Netanyahu in Orwellian fashion nominates Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic). The bromance … Continue reading

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POEM: BB for Brayin’s — Owed to Trump and Bibi

After the kommandant-in-chief used bunker busters bombs to war on Iran and make his play for a Nobel Peace Prize (sic), The Don floats another meaningless peace proposal that is unacceptable to warmonger Bibi Netanyahu and offers no lasting end … Continue reading

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POEM: Mission Creep

Character is destiny. Donald Trump is a bully threw and threw. He is the mission creep. Mission Creep From his political berth Down with The escalator of hate A crooked real state barren Suffering from a military-industrial complex Making questionable … Continue reading

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POEM: Hear, We Go

As peace through strength breaks out in the middle east, here is a poem about the seemingly inexorable escalation of war: Hear, We Go Strongmen every war A ledge Peace threw Strength Braking out In the middle east Yet another … Continue reading

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POEM: How Ever War is Borne

I wrote this anti-war poem quite a while ago. Unfortunately, hour capacity to ignore timeless wisdom is leading US to hellish foolishness wince again… How Ever War is Borne No won ever Reckons the lies From wince War is begat … Continue reading

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POEM: Dwelling on This Earth

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Dwelling on This Earth I reflect up On awe the violence In this whirled And what peers before me As a sore lack … Continue reading

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POEM: Eye the God of War

Looks like violence begets violence. Tanks allot for that vicious cycle. Eye the God of War “An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and toothless.” Eye created enemies Eye alone Have the doody To destroy … Continue reading

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POEM: F-16

Sometimes life is a walk in the neighborhood. Sometimes not. F-16 I was strolling in my neighborhood Trying to avoid The usual noise pollution From technological whored A roaring lawnmower hear A gas weed whacker whacking there A whirring leaf … Continue reading

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POEM: No How

This poem is about the tragedy of applying great human know-how to war. No How How fright Fully billed War ships Fighter jets Arms of every sort As craft As fly As crack aims As wreckin’ as kill As wack … Continue reading

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POEM: Genocide Heirs

I can see how people find opposing all wars as problematic, and see situations where they would organize mass killings of their enemies. Frankly, from an international law and human rights perspective, I think that it is impossible in practice … Continue reading

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POEM: Mirror Palestine

The U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza is a horrific failure of humanity and godliness. We must look unflinchingly at what this means for US. Mirror Palestine Mirror, mirror, behind a wall Who is beautiful One and all Helled Up to the … Continue reading

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POEM: At Last Picked

In the era of Team Cruel, life can be in hospitable. At Last Picked There is allot Of blood sports In the schoolyard of life And death Teeming with God’s children A lot Left wanting To be picked Last

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