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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2005-08-20 08:20 PM



~Allah~
~God~

Allah want
is Peace.

We, Allah, want Peace.
We, Allah, think we know
what Peace is,
how to achieve it.

Did you know that Alfred Nobel,
the one who funded the Nobel Peace Prize,
made his fortune by inventing, then producing
a weapon of destruction, dynamite?

Tell me, Allah, you,
how does one find "Peace"
from the end of a gun barrel,
a stick of dynomite,
or a missile?

Forgive me my naivete,
but I still believe,
Peace shall never come
from the end of a gun....
unless by the end of the gun
you refer to some future moment
when the guns of the world are all put down,
instead of the people,
and our hands and hearts
are left holding and aiming
only love.

© Copyright 2005 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
iliana
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1 posted 2005-08-21 02:15 AM


Kacy -- great write and good question!  Here's something you might enjoy reading (or not....kind of disgusting but its educational):  http://boingboing.net/2005/08/16/boing_boing_exclusive.htmlWhen you get to that page (after reading it), go down to the bottom and pick text file -- interesting reading ....  This is what I thought of after reading your poem.  
Well, heck, that link won't work either.  So...anyone who wants this, please email and I'll send it to you.  Kacy, I already mailed you with it.   .....jo

Alicia
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2 posted 2005-08-21 10:42 AM


wow kacy!...and of course, agreed.
Aenimal
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3 posted 2005-11-23 01:05 PM


grins and hugs
inkedgoddess
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4 posted 2005-11-23 01:08 PM


yes the olive branch and the bayonett on one stage, cannot be? can they?
happy thanksgiving sans the turkey

Martie
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5 posted 2005-11-23 01:21 PM


Kacy

"Forgive me my naivete,
but I still believe,
Peace shall never come
from the end of a gun....
unless by the end of the gun
you refer to some future moment
when the guns of the world are all put down,
instead of the people,
and our hands and hearts
are left holding and aiming
only love."

I SO agree with you!!  

scorpio
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6 posted 2005-11-23 01:33 PM


A noble wish...peace.

believe in what your heart feels...

Earth Angel
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7 posted 2005-11-23 01:40 PM



Peace be with you,
~ and Allah God's peoples.

Dove

Susan Caldwell
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8 posted 2005-11-23 03:24 PM




yes...

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

ice
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9 posted 2005-11-23 07:59 PM


I read a book, a long time ago
Its title was  "Kill For Peace"
It was much longer than your poem,
You have said nearly the same thing as it,
in a few, short stanzas...

Thank you for the recollection..

-----------ice
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Midnitesun
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10 posted 2005-11-24 10:48 AM


wow, what a wonderful surprise to find more input on this thread!
Wishing the Happiest of THANKS giving Days to all!
Raphie, c'mere for a big hug! Have missed you!

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