War ConversationThem: We need a war, where can we find one and who will we choose to hate – and why?Another Them: Does it matter?First Them: Ah…good thinking!A humanitarian: I don’t think we should do war.Them: Why not?Humanitarian: I have children. No child should die in a war.Them: But a war will make things better?Humanitarian:ContinueContinue reading “War Conversation”
Category Archives: Anti War Poetry
The Saddest Thing
The support of war and violenceis the death of humanityfrom withinFirst your humanity diesthen other humans diewhich is okayThen your country is attackedthen your family diesand that is not okayUltimately it wasthe death of your humanitythat killed themBut you won’t see thatbecause war is justified for youyou just resent retaliationPeople should lay down and dieContinueContinue reading “The Saddest Thing”
Because
Who are you?A strangerSomeone I’ve never metAnd never willSo why should I care about you? Because You could be my childI could have given birth to youRaised youHeld youHelped you to take your first stepsChanged your nappyMarvelled at your first giggleNursed you when you couldn’t sleep I could have given you life I gave myContinueContinue reading “Because”
A Grandaughter’s War
In around 1999 I wrote a poem called “A Woman’s War”, which is in the poetry section of this blog. Never did I think I would write a follow up, yet today that poem arrived, it’s below, and writing it actually hurt. Trying to get my head around the fact that we could be inContinueContinue reading “A Grandaughter’s War”
A Woman’s War
Photo by Veronika Valdova on Pexels.com This poem is close to my heart, it reflects on why world peace is something I won’t give up on, the idea that humanity can be sensible and respect each other, and stop being scared. I can only give one small voice to this battle, which is the realContinueContinue reading “A Woman’s War”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 