The Nobel Peace Prize Goes To. . .

a child in Iraq a sparrow in Detroit
a polar bear a wildflower the one cell
in Rove’s brain that is peaceful
a chunk of ice floating away from the top 
of the world
 
the soldiers who have held their gunfire
the soldiers who have left the war
the soldiers who refused to become soldiers
a sparrow in Afghanistan
 
the Myanmar monks the Australian abos
a Darfur grandmother a Hopi grandfather
a Taoist a true Christian the funniest Jew 
you’ve ever heard
 
the Shakers the Quakers the Pacifists
the half-baked weed smokers
the devotees of Walden Pond
the whirling Dervishes
the drunk in the alley who has only damaged his own knuckles
against the cold brick wall in the heart of winter
 
a fool in a field in the middle of anywhere
who is feeding a sparrow with one hand
and waving a white flag with the other

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Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

From his book of poems and essays impeach the monsters: New Dawn
He is a writer, small press publisher, and Turtle Islander.

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