Poetry Piątek #5

Have a peaceful weekend, and celebrate International Day of Peace Monday!

Words of peace
on folded paper piece
will this flock of cranes amplify the
call the world needs to hear:
no more wars!

Earlier this summer, The Elders launched the #PeaceCrane2020 campaign. Using the origami crane as a symbol of peace, the campaign commemorates the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago this year and calls for a world without nuclear weapons. Wouldn’t that be nice? Joining in the campaign, I wrote the poem above and folded the crane in the photo. With the International Day of Peace coming up this Monday, I thought this was a nice poem to share this Friday. It’s my daughter, representing our future generations, who holds the crane in the photo.

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This is the Poetry Piątek number 5. Piątek is Polish for Friday. So, Poetry Piątek means Poetry Friday. Please be peaceful. Not just this weekend. Always.