Russia To The Pacifists
1918
God rest you, peaceful gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
But--leave your sports a little while--the dead are borne
this way!
Armies dead and Cities dead, past all count or care.
God rest you, merry gentlemen, what portent see you there?
Singing:--Break ground for a wearied host
That have no ground to keep.
Albert Einstein 44 -
Dr.Einstein & Dr.Max Planck
Though Albert was a shy, unassuming scientist,
He had the charming ability to connect with people
Through his interesting letters, filled with compelling content.
He made it a habit to write letters to all his dear ones;
Soothing and loving letters to his family,
Sensitive and passionate letters to his women friends,
Sensational theories and discoveries to eminent scientists,
Serene and peaceful letters to pacifists to maintain world peace.
This practice of letter writing, he maintained throughout his life,
*****ray's Favorite Writings*****
“I SPEAK TO THEE OF LIGHT”
The Master spoke…
Brethren, I speak to thee of Light:
The dark/cold void is dead,
The Light warm and life-giving
Verily I say unto thee,
Soldiers To Pacifists
NOT ours to clamor shame on you,
Nor fling a bitter blame on you,
Nor brand a cruel name on you,
That evil name of treason,
You who have heard the ivory flutes,
Who float white banners, brave recruits
Of Peace, seeking to pluck her fruits
In bud and blossom season.
A sterner bugle calls to us;
More direful duty falls to us;
Should We?
Should we all stop eating meat?
No, we'll starve of protein doing that.
But yes, it's morally right.
What about plants?
We'll starve: fruits and berries are all right.
Eat meat instead!
Are we doing enough to avoid nuclear war?
Not enough, we are doomed.
Billowing Clouds Return To Summer's Sunlight
Seemingly sumptuous prophecies incite
the celebrative prognosis of a social revolution.
A visitation to the perennial botanical gardens
exhibits the bountiful heterogeneity of our Nature.
Incidental harmonious symbiotic delights
have warmed the weary heart who pardons
the previous injustices of disturbing convulsions.
Weaving through the paths of wilderness in rapture
we induce our sentiments for a cooperative coalition.
Inspirational waves of contentment clearly overwhelm
Let's Just Dance
Make love and not war
We've heard that saying once before,
We even heard about giving peace a chance.
But, try and try as we may
No one listened to the words that the pacifists did say,
So, instead they listened to warmongers in a trance.
Why not give up on wars and fighting
Together with pens and paper let's all start writing,
Let brotherhood be our main and final stance.
Let's always help one and each other
The Specious Criminal Trial
Which fish
The scuba diver
Is going after?
The big one
Or the small one?
Which sheriff
Is on trial today?
The petty one
Or the pretty one?
Everyone must have its day
War Is An Egregious Blood-Sucker
War is an egregious blood-sucker
War is a dreadful and vainglorious monster
War eats and destroys human flesh
War is not afraid to kill babies in their crèche
War turns brothers against brothers
War is hell and greed. War is hate and death
Both kill the strongest and the helpless
War turns sisters against sisters
At the end of the day, what is left
Is senseless, despicable and meaningless.
Happy Seventieth Birthday To Stevie Wonder
Happy 70th birthday to you, Stevie Wonder
You're amazingly talented. You're a wonder
I am writing for you this piece of poetry
Because you fight for liberty, equality
Fairness, freedom, justice, peace and dignity
Stevie, they call you a civil rights activist
They call me that too, but we're committed pacifists
We raise our voices and open wide our eyes
When our people are hurt. We use our cries
To protest, to fight for their rights to be alive
Risking All For The Universe
It is very often said that there is a time
For everything, a time when heinous crime
Does not pay and a time to challenge
All which is too utterly strange and frange.
There's a time when the Poet comes out of his shadow
To tell it like it is for the sake of a better tomorrow
To rescue the universe, the world or the country in chaos
And to save his combating soul lost in a gigantic hiatus.
Pacifist
Many think it admirable
for someone to become an admiral.
But pacifists
prefer no fists
and as a rule
send their children
to nonviolent schools.
Conscientious Objectors
Conscientious objectors
and pacifists
.. are not cowards
are not yellow
Not draft dodgers,
needing no white feather
insults.
they are holy fellows.
Pacific
Some aren't total
pacifists,
but about some wars pacific.
Re wars they oppose
they are very specific.
Quiet, Silence, Soudlessness
BIRD CHOIR
When more than 1 human
speaks at a time
is it cacophony..?
not if they are singing
in a chorus
When birds sing and frogs croak
.. by the babbling creek
Herald Heard The Hark
Herald heard the hark
After many many ages
herald heard his hark.
Afer eons his own song
listened to the lark.
Finally learned the teaching
of his own emphatic preaching...
Words from his own mouth
to his own soul did arc.
Not what was to him
Toy Gun
First proper spring day time to dust
the old scooter and visit places
on roads few travel… Once I bought
a toy gun- well, I was a child-
it was shiny just like the one
Hoppalong Cassidy wore, he wasn´t
smoking but chewing gum instead.
After two days I got bored and gave it
to a boy in the neighbourhood.
His mother brought it back, they were
Pacifists, Take Note!
Read and study history, all you pacifists
and lovers of man-unkind! Even the poet
e.e. cummings had it right in the end!
Ask the diplomats who sat down with the likes
of Hitler and Mussolini and Hirohito and Stalin
about prospects for peace in the coming ages!
Look at the news on TV, for the sake of Christ!
You really think Western Civilization is the reason
that the Mideast is aflame with hostility for the West?
Why Do We Fight
It all depends, don't you think?
Why not just swallow the line
that pacifists urge on us
and roll over for enemies
intent on our destruction?
Of course, they are never
the ones who stand muster
and form up in ranks
to resist the aggressor
Terrorists Are Not Tourists
Terrorists should never be invited to the Capitol
Vile trespassers or terrorists are not tourists
It is inviting lions to visit the slaughter house
Many extremists are untrained terrorists
Rioters are terrorists who deserve capital
Punishment by sealing their mouths.
Lawbreakers don't fight for freedom
On the contrary, they destroy our democracy
They are delusional and crazy