Today's Verse Love Host, Denise Krebs, asks us to choose a poem and write the first word of each line in a column down the side of your page. Then, write a free verse poem letting the other poet’s words carry you. I am choosing words from a poem I found inspiring in the April 2026 Poetry, won't you celebrate with me, by Lucille Clifton. I am writing my poem as a sort of sequel to Denise's brave and inspiring poem this morning, The Day After We Bombed Iran.
it's time to consider peaceful coexistence
won't you pen a missive, buzz an official, badger a congressperson
what about taking on this cause using your skills, gifts towards
a world where peaceful coexistence is considered a goal? where we are not
what about taking on this cause using your skills, gifts towards
a world where peaceful coexistence is considered a goal? where we are not
born and bred to fight first and settle when
both sides run out of ammunition, or when
what seemed like a good idea no longer fits,
i will accept strength as deterrent for enemies and disease, yet
here, now, we could end entire civilizations as clearly as
starshine could provide guidance for enemies to do the same.
my hope rests in our diverse people, brave new leaders, spokespeople,
with history, science, three equal branches of government framing
something based on realities rather than blusters and deceptions
and nurtured, slowly, back to peaceful coexistence in a diverse world.
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