Category Archives: Peace

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

“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 →

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 →

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 →