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| Preface by Kofi Annan: | Excerpts from the Peace Poem: |
| "In their wisdom, the children whose intermingled voices gave birth to the Peace Poem know that peace is far more than the absence of war. Children know that peace comes from the heart; it lives in the way we see others; it survives in the respect we show our neighbors every day. They also know, often better than adults, that today’s world is a global village and that we are all neighbors." |
Peace in the world is peace in
your heart. If we do not have peace, the world will fall apart. Dighton Middle School, Dighton, MA, US |
| Pieces Pieces Pieces... Stitch
them with the threads of non-violence, love, and equality. Ah hah! Beautiful dress of Peace! Global Vision Students (Madarai Kamaraj University), Madarai, India |
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| Don’t shoot at me, my friend, I’m the same as you...a man. Varga Katalin Gimnazium, Szolnok, Hungary |
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| If only PEACE were understood, What couldn’t be now, in the future could. Milwaukee German Immersion School, Milwaukee, WI, US |
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| In the sky we see a dove The dove means peace, the dove means love. Canberra Church of England Girls’ Grammar School, Deakin, Australia |
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| Why have a war— It’s all happened before. Lornshill Academy, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK |
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| Why destroy when we could create, Keep the peace, erase the hate. Normal Community West High School, Normal, IL, US |
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| We don’t like it that our
fathers must be soldiers and shoot other children’s fathers. Engbrottsskolan, Ctvidaberg, Sweden |
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| As I look around the world I sigh, And think, We could at least give peace a try. Exeter-West Greenwich Junior High, West Greenwich, RI, US |
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| Let the sun shine in the night
time and please no more dying. Please let us have peace and no more fighting. People are dying. Southwest Elementary, San Antonio, TX, US |
* TITLE:"The
Peace Poem", SALES #: 98.I.13, ISBN: 9210020693, PAGES: 68pp., PRICE: $9.95
DESCRIPTION: So apt as the world prepares for the coming of the new millennium. The Peace
Poem resulted from an international collaborative effort of 450 schools from 38 countries
worldwide, via the Internet. The children, the voices and leaders of tomorrow, share their
thoughts on "peace" through poetry and art. These 466 voices intermingle to show
the world what peace is, what it
should be and how much they want it.
