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Peace
Jul 5, 2006 14:35:58 GMT -5
Post by wren on Jul 5, 2006 14:35:58 GMT -5
I offered this in response to a discussion about whether or not being a pacifist means being passive, I wanted to share this here as well. I am reading Manual for the Peacemaker by Jean Houston. In it appears this poem by Clifford Browder... Peace by Clifford Browder Peace is not Sterile gauze, a snowflake, an insipid dove It's feisty and rich
Don't let the war boys hog it all The spit, the spice and the glamour.
Peace is potency Reaching and sprouting Budding and branching
It's lifting things A good scrap A hot wrestle and a cool scrub Cleansing and hope.
Peace is the empowerment of dust Whispers of the song before origin As out of seed The cathedral of the body builds itself
It's spasms and metamorphoses The vertigo of mind dancing With the fecundator To the music of need.
Peace Is the little orange bees Spotted ladybugs on white campions Late June with a stink of linden Prickles and burrs
It's wild grapes in a bramble A tough nut Lovers churning Through the night, at noon, in the morning A juicy comeuppance For the grim suppressors.
Peace Is for the star-biters and the rooted Don't be dainty Go at it Hammer and tong.
Peace is not purity Limp, neat and dry. It's sexy.
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Peace
Jul 5, 2006 17:46:40 GMT -5
Post by stormcat on Jul 5, 2006 17:46:40 GMT -5
Hey that's good! I like the inference that Peace doesn't have to be a surrender. Well in my Opinion anyway. >^..^<
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Peace
Jul 5, 2006 22:17:20 GMT -5
Post by Wolf on Jul 5, 2006 22:17:20 GMT -5
Yeah, that's kool..
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Peace
Jul 6, 2006 9:17:41 GMT -5
Post by wren on Jul 6, 2006 9:17:41 GMT -5
Hey that's good! I like the inference that Peace doesn't have to be a surrender. Well in my Opinion anyway. >^..^< Or passive!
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Peace
Jul 6, 2006 16:50:06 GMT -5
Post by Zowwiee ™ on Jul 6, 2006 16:50:06 GMT -5
thats really sweet... Peace is actually a very sexy thing hehe
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