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Monday, January 25, 2010

3-PEACE SUITE

For Haiku Bones
And NaiSaiKu Challenge?


PEACE

Peace will follow war
And as sure as night follows day
War will follow peace


Peace will follow war
And as sure as night follows day
War will follow peace
PEACE AND WAR AND WAR AND PEACE
War will follow peace
And as sure as day follows night
Peace will follow war



Hostile intervals
Fifty percent chance of peace
Outlook uncertain


Hostile intervals
Fifty percent chance of peace
Outlook uncertain
THE LONG-RANGE RORECAST
Uncertain outlook
Chance of peace; fifty-fifty
Intervals; hostile



Frustrated by peace
Post-war static stress syndrome
Old soldiers lament


Frustrated by peace
Post-war static stress syndrome
OLD SOLDIERS LAMENT
Post-war static stress syndrome
Frustrated by peace

18 comments:

  1. Wow! These all work so well and are so true. Great job!

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  2. Thanks Robin; Peace is the ideal... but wars are inevitable... as are their consequences...

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  3. Yes, it is a vicious cycle. Wonderful post!

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  4. Thanks Sweetest; You're right - we can't escape it.

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  5. I like the "hostile intervals" poems best.

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  6. I think these (can't remember what it's called) are so difficult to write but you do it seamlessly.
    Winged Writer

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  7. .. the desire

    to subjugate

    to cause pain

    to destroy

    _ symptomatic conditions in psychiatry / peace is perhaps the outcome of the healing process ..

    thought-provoking verses ..

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  8. Thanks to:
    Bunnygirl; I prefer the calmer ones.
    Xreemao; Glad you liked them.
    Catherine; You mean NaiSaiKu? Some work, some don't.
    Zoya; If one is truly healed, then I'd agree.

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  9. These are all well-spoken, well-formed and each one sings the dream, but the truth is in the refrain. Nicely done!

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  10. nicely done. peace is inevitable i believe, not war. everyone longs for peace, really. war is not human nature. we just have to be better than that.

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  11. love your word play, it's always insightful and inventive...
    I thought it was brillantly done....

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  12. Wonderful post.
    So true and so well written.
    Bravo!
    hugs,
    shakira

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  13. Thanks to:
    Tumblewords; Peace - repeat ad lib.
    Victoria; What goes round...
    Maribel; A game I like to play.
    Shakira; Optimism, pessimism, but mainly realism.

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  14. Phew, wars and rumours of wars and they go on and on...

    Dig the NaiSaiKu!
    Thanks for posting these !!

    Andy Sewina

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  15. Thanks Andy; They seemed to work, so I posted both forms.

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  16. Sad but true. If only we could hold on to Peace.

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  17. Thanks Lisa; Or at least give it a chance.

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