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Ali Ryan-Plasil
Paul Revere Middle School
Los Angeles
It's Cupid’s day off,
And in his place,
Is a Cupid with the same face
But a different mission, a different cause
To save humanity and all its flaws,
He’ll stop the war, he’ll give the world peace
He’ll end world hunger, so everyone has a piece
He’s another Ghandi with a bigger cause
His mission to save the hands and paws
Of everyone who loves this earth
And wants its beauty preserved
So on Valentine’s Day
He’ll be there
Giving money to the poor
Helping heat the sores
That all of us humans bring
The sub for cupid will be waiting
To help everyone, big and small
On a real Valentine- Cupid’s day off
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Peter V. Dugan
The faithful flock to the cathedrals,
churches and chapels, book stores,
cafes and schools, take their seats,
fill the pews, listen and recite
"The Word . . ."
Outside on the street those starving
for faith congregate as heretics
and apostates shout out blasphemy,
"Poetry is dead!"
while true believers retort,
"There is resurrection!"
But, everyday agnostics and atheists
pass by, deaf to the debate, rapped-up
by the incessant rhythm and rhyme
of a pop-culture sublime that blurs
the line between art and entertainment.
They are blind to the figured wheel
that rolls down the road, through
the meadow and out into the wasteland
over the decayed stone wall where
an old black hearse without gilt
or polish lies buried in the high grass
next to a red wheelbarrow.
At night, you can hear the howl
of the wind bellow and echo
through coffee shops, poetry vaults
and library basements.
Here converts, novices and deacons
still toil down in the catacombs
creating poems from old poets' bones
Language becomes image,
The Word is among us.
We bear witness to it here.
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Sharon Hope
Valentine's Day is typically for you
to tell those you love that you love them
and vice versa.
How about sharing some of that with strangers?
Take an extra couple of minutes and collect the carts
in the parking lot scattered all over and put them
in the cart corrals. Ask your cashier how
SHE is doing. Tell an elderly woman she looks nice.
Ask an older man if he is a veteran and if so, thank him
and shake his hand. It takes only a moment to touch a heart,
brighten a day, make someone feel special.
Everyone deserves to be loved on Valentine's Day,
so let's spread it around a little.
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Saba Saberi
Paul Revere Middle School
Los Angeles
Valentine's Day
What does it mean to you?
Mushy cards, chocolates, roses
But what if we could change
That day to another one
A day of peace, happiness
Where we acknowledge the people
Who matter, who are suffering
And make a difference
Not only in our lives, but theirs
When everybody comes together
To show that they care
Now that is showing
Love, and compassion, and hope
Where the true meaning of LOVE
Is recognized among us all
That is when love is not shown by cards, or fake I love you’s
But . .
By compassion and caring
Be aware of what you
Do this Valentine’s Day
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Dadi Janki
(Brahma Kumaris - Amsterdam)
This is your performance:
Reconnect to your own spiritual strength
Know the courage for outer situations through
inner determinations
Think on peace
Realize compassion
You are an instrument of peace playing on
threads of strength to bind the human family.
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por Anna Martens y Eva Chamberlain
Academia Ana Marie Sandoval
Colorado
Amor es como paz
En familia,
En amistad.
Riendo,
Como una maquina
de felicidad
Amor es como
una flor
Brillante y lleno
de color.
Rojo, cafe, verde.
Amor.
Lo necesitamos
para la paz.
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Ivan Becker
Bring our soldiers home
The world needs not another Rome
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Courtney
Marlborough School - Los Angeles
Love.
What a charged word.
What a personal word.
What other word could evoke such strong feelings and memories than love?
I have felt pain, sadness, joy, tears, laughter,
It has meant many things to me.
And as I look around, I see there is something special about it.
About love.
Because whenever I have tried,
I have always been able to find it.
In Myself.
In a Book that inspires me.
In Family.
In my Dad’s cooking.
In Friends.
In the eyes of a stranger.
In a soup kitchen.
In an airport.
The key is to never stop looking.
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Olivia Kaplan
This is a poem just for you.
It's Valentine's Day today,
and I love you.
"Friends are the sunshine of life." - John Hay
Peace. . Back by popular demand!
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Marcielle Brandler
In very the act of giving, we receive.
There is built into this process, something fabulous, that we, as givers
receive, that we, as givers, create. How is this possible? you may ask.
First, our memory of the good deed is recorded in our minds and all our cells.
It feels good to know that we have done good. The joy of giving, and knowing we
have helped another, is a beautiful truth that we have created.
Even more powerful, is when we give without expectation of any reward or
thanks. This makes our gift more powerful in the spiritual realm. This makes us
more powerful.
Second, giving in secret connects us to a higher spiritual law of return. If we
boast about or tell others what we have done, we disburse its energy, and in a
way, we already have reaped the reward for our egos. But, when we remain
anonymous, we build up our spiritual magnetism.
By giving freely, and expecting nothing in return, we plug into the great wave
circulation, like a lamp plugs into the wall, which is connected to the dam,
where huge and powerful electrical energy awaits our command. We open the
connection to all that power.
We have opened ourselves to receive more, because we have emptied out what was
there, creating a vacuum, and now we have room for more magic to enter.
Remember, “Nature abhors a vacuum.”
Now that the cup is empty, it can receive more of what we desire.
This is not about clinging and expecting. It is about releasing and allowing.
This is the law of attraction. We create beauty, put it out to others, and more
beauty is attracted to us. We have magnified ourselves, by magnifying others.
Isn’t it beautiful? Aren’t we beautiful?
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