Hybrid cultivars
In the President’s garden
No wild roses
that bend in the wind
that hear children cry
~
©️2018 Ontheland
A late submission to Frank J Tassone’s Haiku Kai: Rose
Thank you to Pixabay for the wild rose image.
Category: Peace
search for tranquility
morning wind rustles
leaves outside my window
soon they will be gone
.
released
they fly in the wind
swirling
.
colours
blended deep
silent chill
.
we watch,
rejoice, sigh, mourn
seasons change
.
©2017 Ontheland
In response to Carpe Diem #1276 Tranquil
They’re seeding the clouds
Is it a conspiracy?
They seeded the clouds
with love.
Love has been raining
since dawn quenching
scorched earth cleansing
poisoned minds trickling
hate down sewers
washing away fear
swelling hearts with
courage to join in
generous community,
knowing we only have
each other.
©2017 Ontheland
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My mind and heart battered from contemplating recent actions by the United States government, I avoided a sinkhole and flew to the clouds. Now as I post this poem, I am weighed down with rage and sadness from knowing that worshipers were gunned down at a Quebec City Mosque on Sunday night. I am not sure where my opening line came from…but I have decided to leave it…a conspiracy to relieve human distress, hatred, and destruction could be a good thing.
‘Dawn’ is the word for this week’s Quadrille challenge hosted by Björn Rudberg over at dVerse Poets Pub.
Aleppo
A pretty octave played before a window
Beyond whose curtain grows a world crescendo.
–from ‘Overture’ by F.R. Scott
Aleppo,
last night I heard you
interviewed on the radio.
You spoke firmly,
no panic in your voice—
my insides clenched
and the host,
I heard her heart skip—
Yes, that was an explosion nearby,
you don’t know how long
you’ll evade death….
Protest you said, demonstrate
demand peace.
©2016 Ontheland
For as long as the moon shall rise
PEACE POEM PUBLISHED!!! – #PoetsForPeace
Peace Poem 2016, a chain of over 250 poems by writers from all over the world, is now available for download at Praxis Online Magazine—a wonderful celebration of International Day of Peace. I and many other WordPress bloggers participated this year and I hope many more will join in to speak out for peace in 2017.
image copyright neha 2016
Hello Everyone!
Michael, Marie and I are so excited to announce that #PoetsForPeace is now LIVE and PUBLISHED in Praxis Magazine Online! We are so grateful to Laura M Kaminski and Tee Jay Dan, editors at Praxis, for giving us this wonderful opportunity and working tirelessly in helping us get published!
We would especially like to thank all our contributors who helped make this project successful! We could not have done this without you!
You can view and download the publication here: http://www.praxismagonline.com/peace-poem-2016-poetsforpeace-collaboration/
We are thrilled that this collaboration will also be archived in the ‘Stanford University Archive’ of the ‘100,000 Poets for Change’ collection!
We hope you can all join us next year as we aim to make #PoetsForPeace a growing annual event!
Share and Spread the word with your friends and family! Please use #PoetsForPeace!
Cheers to #PoetsForPeace!
Michael, Marie & Neha
April Morning
A pink April morning in Eastern Ontario—imagine birds chirping and you’ll be there.
