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This page displays poems submitted by students for the Project.

“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.”
Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan (http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peaceday/poem/poem.asp)


Also see featured poems, selected submissions and Paul Revere School pages.
Cupid's Day Off Print

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 Gandhi 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 heal 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
 
Untitled Print
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.
 
Oh, Cupid Print
Megan Kincaid
Paul Revere Middle School


Cupid is known to be devious

Changing who we fall for

For better or for worse

Maybe Cupid could change his ways

And his bow could strike you

And you would love everything

Not someone in particular

 

Oh, Cupid and your bow of peace

Please help us change the 'world of hate'

Your little bow could puncture our hearts

Making us do good

Not be prejudiced to someone.

The puncture from your bow will reverse our prejudice

 

Oh, Cupid and your bow of love,

We love your tricks and we cherish them

Every Valentine's day.

You don't have to change your ways,

But if you had the big heart

Which you are said to have.

Maybe on one day you can change it up.

 

The poison from your bow could change it up.

Making them be happy for once

That then making their happiness

Cause their daughters joy to see their

Depressed mother happy for a change.

 

Valentine's day is a harsh holiday

For those who you have forgotten

To strike with the tips of your arrow

Nobody wants to be alone

So if you use the bow to bring the world together

Nobody will ever be alone

And we the mortals may be as happy

As the gods?

 

But we can't put all the blame

For no world peace on a baby with a bow

The inhabitants of the world must unify we must take the first steps

And Cupid will help us once we have tried

Even though we try to think not

But our steps are more important than

A bow.

 

Our steps to love and peace are

Larger than you know.
 
Untitled Print

Eder - Vine Street Elementary - 5th grade


Peace is a place. It's like heaven when I die.

Peace is a smell. It smells like blueberry pancakes my mom makes.

Peace is a touch. It feels like when I touch my grandma's hands and face.

Peace is an animal. It's like when a bunny runs around the grass with its baby.

Peace is when my parents or my grandparents tell me I am a sweet boy.

Peace is a color. It's the color pink on a flamingo.

Peace is a sound. It sounds like when I hear the blue ocean water.

Peace is a song. It's like hearing Ray Charles on the piano.

Peace is me because I told stories to my grandma when I was three.
 
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