POETS SALON
One World (Photo – Tom Clausen)
– 03/16/22
Hosted by Kathabela Wilson
her wish for peace
my mother’s letters
to world leaders~ Kathabela
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Humble homage to Ukrainian (Photo – Mike Stinson)
Mike Stinson
withered grasses bent
by a boisterous wind…
barely holding on
to love
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A boulder crack (Photo – Tom Clausen)
Amelia Fielden, Genie Nakano, Kathabela Wilson
Not Again
war in Europe
Ukraines here lament
and demonstrate
on our TV screens–
this feeling of helplessnessso brave
the women strap weapons
to their breasts
the cruelty of dictators
must not dictateno borders
at the world assembly
hearts of nations
beating together
the drums of peace
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One World 2 (Photo – Tom Clausen)
Tom Clausen
One World
We as one species, as humanity must get over this horrific resort to war … it is well beyond time to have learned we are all passengers on the same ship and due to our impact it requires us all to act as one world and that there are no enemies but ourselves … diplomacy and bridge building and alliances are what is needed…
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Winter dusk (Photo – Mike Stinson)
One World: Notes and Credits
Amelia Fielden, of Wollongong, Australia, is author of many tanka books and translations.
Genie Nakano is a poet and dancer in Gardena, California.
Mike Stinson is a poet in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Tom Clausen writes haiku and photographs the woods where he lives, in Ithaca, New York.
Memory Lane > You will love to visit "Pockets of Peace" with Susan Bonk Plumridge, Natalia Kuznetsova, Marilyn Ashbaugh and Gerry Jacobson, the beauty of our related salon in 2019, "Mystery House."
Submission Guidelines
Suggest your own theme. or write Kathabela for a theme suggestion. We publish every two weeks. Send short poems, free verse, haiku, senryu, tanka, cherita, haibun, tanka prose, short prose poems, etc., or your own unique approach, to Kathabela by text message or (click here to email her directly). We can feature your work again after five months. Multiple Submissions can be saved to appear later:
- Send a short bio, with comments on your theme.
- Send photos or artwork by you, or friends.
- Put your poems directly in the email.
- No attachments except photos.
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