Anti-War Haiku Wall
holiday shopping
saddam scratched off our most-wanted list / ct
new green light for a 'white' Christmas for iraqi
kids /s (cc)
a middle-east western the action shot of a tongue
depressor /ct
the ebb and flow of which side claims 'i told you
so' /s (cc)
'we've got the tyrant' as if there's only one /ct
the bloody words of the french anthem i refuse to
teach * /s (cc)
'a dark and painful era is over' but what if bush
gets re-elected /ct
free reign to the law of the jungle and world abdomination
/s (cc)
(cc - Claire Chatelet
/ ct - Cindy Tebo)
desert storm / embargo
and sand /endless M.
tempête du désert / embargo et sable / sans fin
tanks already dusty / dispatched so soon S.
les chars d'assaut ensablés / trop tôt
à la frontière
between the grains / seeds / of hope D.
entre les grains/ des pousses / despoir
more missiles in the night/ more stars on the
flag M.
plus de missiles dans la nuit / plus détoiles sur
le drapeau
from East to West candles lit in the night
S
d'Est en Ouest des bougies qu'on allume dans la nuit
towns switching off / the Mosque of Baghdad / as a
lighthouse M
les villes s'éteignent une à une / la Mosquée de
Baghdad comme un phare
all those young faces for whom it is the first time
S
tous ces jeunes visages pour qui c'est la première fois
for some it's the second time around / Baghdad
D
pour certains / cest la deuxième fois / Bagdad
Micheline, Daniel and Sprite
'hands'
by cindy tebo, suhni & marlene mountain
grasp for peace it starts with a pair of hands
releasing the dove behind enemy lines
mothers of the dead until they are
anthrax shot before being shot at
even in his sleep more talk of war
weapons of mad destruction when all's said and shot
On
women in Afghanistan.
Carmen Sterba cs - Marlen Mountain mm
speak of Afghan women's rights yet what of safety
from bombs /cs
daisies if they survive and the remains of daisy-cutters /mm
peace comes dropping slow in the glow of noon /cs
[with the help of Yeats: Lake Isle of Innisfree]
stop the war another wild bunch wants to get on /mm
[with a little help]
on all sides a bunch who take themselves too seriously /cs
brainwash name one country which doesn't soak it to the people/mm
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