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Peace

Roger Kunuwoh

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                   Peace
The peace that exists
 Is the force that resists 
The turbulence 
After the shelling and shooting,
 Is the treaty that reinstates peace.
 In the psyche, even when the body 
Like a cork on a still pond, 
Impressions and convictions jump within
Like a caged bird.   

To long for peace is to worry about defence. 
Defence is armament and rearmament. 
Defence is deployment and conscription.   
O peace! How fantastical you’re? 

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The poem is on the illusion of peace.

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Submitted by rogerk.98415 on March 22, 2023

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Scheme ABBXXAXXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 469
Words 79
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 4
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Roger Kunuwoh

From Cameroon and a teacher of English Language and Literature in English. more…

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