Hello Everyone,
This is for all present and future contributors for our collaboration #PoetsForPeace. Michael and I are so excited to let you know that our friend and fellow blogger Laura M. Kaminski has graciously offered to help us get published in Praxis Magazine Online! Laura herself is an amazing writer and a published poet… I encourage you to check out her blog if you haven’t already done so.
In order to get published we will need permission from our contributors who would like their piece published with this collaboration. One or all of these fields will need to be included: URL, Name, Location Contributor is writing from. “The standard Praxis copyright page at the beginning will show that copyright for contributed lines is retained by the individual contributors”.- Laura
Michael from the Poetry Channel, will be contacting individual contributors with details soon; however, we wanted to make sure we also announce it here! Please respond as soon as possible as we want to make sure we get this process started right away and we can get everyone before it goes to publication. We may have to strip segments if we do not get the permission on time; however, Laura has assured us that she will try her best to include everyone who gives permission!
We are so thankful to Laura for her generous offer and cannot wait to be published once we are done. Again the collaboration is open till August 31, and you can place your contribution in the comment section. Future contributors, it will be great if you can also put in your permission when you paste your piece or Michael will be contacting you.
Stay tuned for Michael’s email! All contributions posted this week will be updated on the weekend.
We are so grateful to be in the company of such beautiful creative minds/poets! #PoetsForPeace always!
Thank you!
Neha & Michael
forgottenmeadows 
August 16, 2016 at 9:09 pm
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August 16, 2016 at 9:43 pm
Hello! Where do we submit the information? Here in the comment section? If so, my name is Carol Borrelli, smoothsailing289.com, and I am in Millersville, MD; shared my poem called Soul Medley
August 16, 2016 at 9:44 pm
sorry e-mail is blanton571@hotmail.com
August 16, 2016 at 9:48 pm
Thanks so much Carol, will you please paste this information stating that you give permission in the original collaboration along with the # (if it has been assigned to your piece in the contributor section) Thanks so much!
August 16, 2016 at 10:06 pm
Okay, so forgive me, my brain turns to mush when it is late! Re-send the poem to you, with the permission statement and the rest of the information, correct? How do I re-send it to you?
August 16, 2016 at 10:12 pm
“Soul Medley”
I sang a song for you today the exact words I can’t recall
The tune was sad and off kilter, and the emotion was chilling and raw
As I went to hit the high note I choked back the tears that would fall
So I decided to wish it with a whisper…
Happy birthday, my brother, my all
As I looked into your eyes so blue, you said that “it’s okay”..
“And I’ll see you soon, sooner than you know” and you said, “remember the way”…
You pointed to the sky and flew up high, until sadly, you were out of sight
But your words stay with me, through the dawn, through the dusk
Through the day, through the darkness, through the night
So I’ll sing, and sing, and sing your song, with all my strength and might
High and strong and soft and long
As the darkness gives way to the light.
In memory of Joey Blanton-Harris, love your sister, Carol Borrelli
By Carol Borrelli
blanton571@hotmail.com/smoothsailing289.com
Millersville, MD
I give permission for this to be published through the Poetry Channel #Poets for Peace project and publication
(I do not have an assigned number for the piece)
August 16, 2016 at 10:14 pm
perfect thank you so much it will actually be published in Praxis Magazine (Poetry channel is just Michael’s blog name) but I think this should be sufficient. Michael and I will contact you if we need anything else. Your poem will be added on the weekend if it hasn’t been already. thank you again!
August 16, 2016 at 10:33 pm
Great, thanks, yes, you added it already, I just don’t have any record of a number. And yes, Praxis Magazine, given permission. LOL. So that’s it, I won’t bother you again. LOl. Have a blessed evening, and thanks for letting me share “my peace”.
August 17, 2016 at 12:50 am
Reblogged this on Erika Kind and commented:
Now look at that! Laura M. Kaminski supports the publishing of the #PoetsForPeace Contributions! How cool is that? If you want to leave your poem to join this amazing idea of bringing peace and light into this world you can do so until August 31!
August 19, 2016 at 9:44 am
Thank you so much for the reblog Erika, I am guessing we have your permission 🙂 To Peace my friend!
August 19, 2016 at 11:32 am
But of course, Neha!!! It is an honor! Sorry that I forgot to mention it. This project is amazing☺
August 19, 2016 at 12:21 pm
No worries and thank you my friend for helping make this effort so successful 🙂
August 19, 2016 at 1:01 pm
It is a pleasure and honor, Neha 💖
August 17, 2016 at 7:21 am
This is wonderful, Neha 🙂 I contributed a piece, but I am not certain where you want the information you requested above…here or on that original post? Also, the URL you are looking for…is that to my blog? Thank You 🙂
August 18, 2016 at 7:08 am
Thanks Morgan, yes it is exciting! Michael is compiling the permissions so if you can put yours in the original piece in the comment that will be great…Yes URL is the blog
August 18, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Hello! Neha will post your poem to the big collaboration over the weekend.
Thanks for the permission.
August 18, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Sorry Neha. I guess the comments had a delay. I didn’t show you had commented already. I’ll make sure if I comment I redirect them to put their poem in the comments of the original collaboration. Woo hoo! You’re doing fabulous.
August 18, 2016 at 7:40 am
Hello Morgan,
Yes, you can post the information here, and Michael will pick it up. If he needs any more info, he’ll email you.
And yes, the URL will be for your blog.
To be clear: Your name, your email, your poem name and number, your URL and that they have your permission to publish the poem. (The good news is that all poets keep their rights.) Yay
August 18, 2016 at 7:48 am
Im not sure what you mean the poem number? But I reposted the poem (as it is short) in the comment where I gave permission. Since I posted the comment already, here is my email: RynzvlTomMCM@Outlook.com
Thanks 🙂
August 18, 2016 at 8:02 am
Excellent! Reposting is good. (Neha numbered all of our poems as she posted them to her web-site. What you did will be great. Michael will contact you if needed.) Happy Thursday!
August 17, 2016 at 10:43 am
What wonderful and exciting news 🙂
August 17, 2016 at 10:57 am
This is so exciting!!!! 😊
August 17, 2016 at 11:08 am
Reblogged this on Dorinda Duclos – Night Owl Poetry and commented:
This is so exciting!! Read below!! Please pass it on 😊
August 17, 2016 at 2:03 pm
Reblogged this on Writing Wings For You and commented:
Hello all! What a great gift for the world.
We have been offered to get published on Praxis Magazine On-line!
August 17, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Thanks for the terrific news, Neha and Michael!
Yes, I grant permission to have my poem included in the publication in Praxis.
I am Stephanie L. Harper (slharperpoetry.wordpress.com), the URL for my poem, entitled, “O What Do We Know About Peace?” is (https://slharperpoetry.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/o-what-do-we-know-about-peace/), and I hail from Hillsboro, Oregon. I’m hoping that Praxis will be able to include the links referenced in my subtitle, as they provide instrumental context for the piece. Let me know if this request can be accommodated in some way, and feel free to contact me with any questions!
I am so glad to know that #PoetsForPeace is making such an impact! 🙂
August 18, 2016 at 9:46 am
It’s super cool. Isn’t it?
Thanks for sharing.
August 18, 2016 at 4:26 am
Reblogged this on Zelda Reville and commented:
!!! Pass this on, fellow poets!
August 18, 2016 at 9:45 am
Awesome! Thank you so much! The world needs us poets. Happy Thursday.
August 18, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Just spreading the word in any way I can 😄 and TGIF to you!
August 18, 2016 at 11:54 am
Permission granted! Thanks! No number assigned just yet from original page, where I submitted. Including it here too, just in case it is chosen.
Peace 俳句
one thought one breath peace
infinite unity sounds
heartbeats reject hate
Penumbra Haiku
August 18, 2016 at 2:45 pm
So much said in a small phrase “one thought one breath peace”
Can you post this on the original page in the comments?
https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/calling-all-poetscreative-minds-to-a-grand-collaboration-poets-for-peace/comment-page-7/#comment-19791
August 18, 2016 at 11:33 pm
Hi! I did already post there, on August 16! But I will post it there again, with permission! Thanks! 🙂
August 19, 2016 at 6:46 am
Hi Neha! I have been watching this beautiful event unfold and I think it is such an incredible showing of movement towards PEACE and I am so happy to be involved!! Thank you, and all involved for the hard work you are doing to pull this project together. It is so important. Here is my submission and permission:
Lorrie Bowden
lorrie@lorriebowden.com
“THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY”
LorrieBowden.com
I grant permission to Praxis Magazine to include my poem, THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY, in the #PoetsForPeace project.
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THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY
There is a sadness in the air. Even the birds can sense that humanity is hurting, suffering.
I look and I see mourning, and if not mourning I see fear disguised as anger and prejudice.
The coming together eases it a bit, but I wish in time the souls who are here at any given moment could look in another’s being and recognize we are not very different at all…
We all have a place and a right to live our lives while traveling here together.
The ride would be so much nicer if we were surrounded by love and respect.
Stand and offer your hand to your fellow being. Recognize that they have pain and struggle and they are just trying to get by.
Recognize that “your way” is right for you, just as “their way” is right for them. Neither right…neither wrong…just different.
If we could honor that the differences we see make up a WHOLE…they fill the missing pieces, and one is not better without the other…rather we are strengthened when we allow and join…
Then we create THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY, rather than the HOLE IN HUMANITY!
Peace.
Blessitude!
Lorrie❤
August 19, 2016 at 9:06 am
Hi Lorie,
Thank you for joining in, we are so glad to have you can you please re-post this post in the original collaboration post? It is just easier for me to update if all the poems are there…thank you so much for your cooperation!
August 19, 2016 at 9:12 am
Oops…sorry Neha! I will…certainly. Thanks again for your effort with this 😀 I will copy & paste…so being that you didn’t say anything I will believe that I included all necessary information. Have a super blessed weekend 💙💙
August 19, 2016 at 2:22 pm
I grant permission to Praxis Magazine to include my poem, BLAZE UP , in the #PoetsForPeace project.
shreyakhetan93@gmail.com
Let the assent of winter make you bold,
Not cold .
Let the cold breeze hitting your face ,
Remind you of the sunny days to brace.
Let not the ones in cage belittle your ambitions ,
Rebel against the wrong conventions.
Soon you will soar ,
While they behind the locked bars shall hoar.
The fragile are subdued by the tide of time;
But you who’re so strong and bold,
But you who’s a jewel more valuable than gold,
How can YOU yield to the surge’s swell ?
You shall not get conquered by the whirlpool,
because you’re the whole mighty ocean.
You’re lightening and you’re thunder ,
You’re a volcano and you shall not surrender.
You can bend and you can mend ,
You can break and you can fix ,
You’re powerful not weak,
You’re not the Phoenix that rises from the ashes ,
You’ll make the ashes,
You’re fire .
I’m glad to know that #PoetsForPeace is making such an impact . Thankyou .
Regards ,
Shreya Khetan
August 19, 2016 at 2:48 pm
Thank you Shreya for the permission and joining in our effort. Will you please paste this in the original collaboration post in the comment section it is easier to to update when it is all in one place. thank you so much for your co-operation 🙂
August 19, 2016 at 6:56 pm
I grant permission to Praxis Magazine to publish my story poem, Mid-August Again, in the #ProjectForPeace, by AshiAkira. I write from Tokyo, Japan. My blog url: ashiakira.wordpress.com. My email address: ashiakira@jcom.zaq.ne.jp. If anything else you need, please let me know. I’m so excited to hear my stuff may be published. tks
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August 20, 2016 at 9:19 am
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August 20, 2016 at 10:24 am
Reblogged this on poems and paragraphs and commented:
It’s so beautiful, seeing so many come together for Peace. I am thankful to be a part of this project. ❤
August 20, 2016 at 9:46 pm
This is great! #PoetsForPeace is a great medium, glad that it is being well received.
I grant the permission to Praxis Magazine to publish my poem ‘SICK OF BLOODSHED’
Poem URL-https://flyingonemptythoughts.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/sick-of-bloodshed/
Regards, Srilata from
http://www.flyingonemptythoughts.wordpress.com
August 21, 2016 at 1:18 am
Reblogged this on K Y R O S M A G I C A and commented:
If you’d like to contribute to #PoetsForPeace and be published in Praxis magazine this is how to. Entries will be open to the 31st August.
August 21, 2016 at 2:20 am
Hi there. I was just invited to contribute, so don’t yet have a poem ‘number’! However, I am very happy to be included in the publication (of course!).
I grant the permission to Praxis Magazine ot publish my poem, ‘LAMENT FOR LOVE LOST’.
Url: https://freyawrites.com/2016/07/02/somme-lament-for-love-lost/
Email: freyawrites@yahoo.com
I am from Brighton, United Kingdom.
Please let me know if you need anything else! A wonderful, wonderful cause.
August 21, 2016 at 8:40 am
Thank you so much for the permission 🙂
August 21, 2016 at 2:09 pm
You’re welcome!
August 21, 2016 at 7:36 am
Reblogged this on CyberneticBlonde and commented:
A fantastic initiative.
August 21, 2016 at 7:39 am
Hi there. I would be truly honored to participate in this project. I’m wondering where to post the poem and all other required information?
August 21, 2016 at 8:43 am
You can post it in the original collaboration link listed on that post in the comment section and if you can grant permission to publish there that will be great thanks! 🙂
August 21, 2016 at 9:40 am
I hope that I’ve found the correct place to post this. 🙂
I give permission to Praxis Magazine to publish my poem “We Cannot”
We Cannot
We cannot live
in fear and hate.
We cannot live
in a world of fear and hate.
We cannot stand
by either.
Love being the only solution –
for there can be no other.
Fear and hate
must be laid to rest
so that we may go forward.
We cannot let
fear and hate
wear yet another mask.
We cannot live
in fear or hate
of the one, the few
or the some.
We cannot live in their cage.
We cannot fear or hate
our brothers and sisters.
We cannot.
We can only live
in freedom.
We can only live
in love.
Our hearts stronger
than either.
For fear and hate are weak.
We are not.
By Brenda Baker
Originally published on my blog: https://cyberneticblonde.com/2016/06/25/we-cannot/
My email: cyberneticblonde@gmail.com
I currently live in Labrador City, Canada
Please let me know if you need any more information or if this isn’t the correct place to post.
August 21, 2016 at 9:47 am
Hi Brenda, thank you so much will you please paste this in the original post of collaboration, it is linked to this post at the very top …if you can’t find it i will paste it from here for this time 🙂 thank you for joining in to spread peace!
August 21, 2016 at 9:53 am
I’m unable to find it. I’m feeling a little lost. The link is probably right in front of me, but I don’t see it. I would greatly appreciate it if you could paste it in a comment. I’m sorry for the trouble.
August 21, 2016 at 9:57 am
No worries, it is linked to the hastag #poetsforpeace but I will take it from here for this time. 🙂 Cheers to peace!
August 21, 2016 at 10:02 am
I believe that I have it. I’ll copy and paste my poem and information. Thank you so much for your help!
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August 21, 2016 at 11:03 am
Congratulations on the poetry collaboration!
August 21, 2016 at 11:04 am
Thank you so much Laura 🙂
August 21, 2016 at 11:05 am
welcome!
August 22, 2016 at 1:46 am
Thank you. I have something that’s unpublished that you might like.
August 27, 2016 at 8:19 am
Our World to Keep?
As we struggle with complex inner feelings
Clouds in our heads can send us reeling
It’s up to us to learn as we grow
To keeps our thoughts well in tow
The world is our habitat to eat and sleep
The world is our cradle to laugh and weep
We must play our role in this thing called life
To keep peace on earth and avoid all strife
From sunrise to sunset it’s our world to keep
If we reap what we sow and sow what we reap
Originally posted om my blog https://amanpan.com/2016/08/19/our-world-to-keep/
by Eugenia (Franci Hoffman)
email: hoffmnpl@yahoo,com
I live in Roswell, Georgia USA
I give permission for this to be published through the Poetry Channel #Poets for Peace project and publication
August 27, 2016 at 8:24 am
Thank you Eugenia for your contribution will you please post it in this original contribution post: https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/calling-all-poetscreative-minds-to-a-grand-collaboration-poets-for-peace/ thanks!
August 27, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Will do, thank you.
August 27, 2016 at 5:15 pm
original posted on my blog
https://flyingcolours603.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/are-we-really-different/comment-page-1/#comment-480
hey i will give my permission to get it published
email daiseystar21@gmail.com
August 27, 2016 at 7:09 pm
please paste the poem in the comment section if you would like it to be added unless it has been added to the collaboration before, please confirm…thanks for sharing
August 27, 2016 at 8:30 pm
title ARE WE REALLY DIFFERENT
we fight with each other
with reasons that seems so stupid
saying we are different
with skin colors black,white and tan
we fight on religion, race ,nationality
we say we are different ,cause of our differences and beliefs
so we hate, kill, despise each other
bombard each other with bombs, guns , words
but we are all same from where i can see it
you have to just increase your eye sight
we are same , cause we all feel pain
we all want peace
do not want the voices of bomb and fear of being killed
we are same cause we all have hidden pains within ourselves
which may lead to suicide , cuts
so how are we different ?
when we all want love , to be cared for
how can we discriminate on the basis of religion,race, nationality
when we all are the same with so many familiarities.
the problems may not be the same but the depression sadness is the same
the kid in america depressed is the same as the kid depressed in pakistan
borders are made to separate land
not to separate hearts
i do not see you different
we all need the basic human rights
water,food,clothes,shelter,security
so what makes us different
clothes,languages , culture ,food they are so minor as compared to smiles
which are so same
if we want to fight
lets fight against the hunger
lets fight against the violence
lets fight against the bullying
lets fight against the hatred
lets fight for the rights
that you and i have together
making the world a better place to live in
here it is
August 28, 2016 at 8:31 am
great thank you
August 27, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Within
Genuine peace can only come from within
We can rave and rant about war and violence
Check who profits from sales of WMD
Know that the fodder, people killed, are expendable!
No politician’s children ever join the war cause?
Who has ever really won a war?
Look closely at history and explore
Local citizens, children galore
Are the ones harmed, see a flaw!
So why do we start even more?
Do we continue to tie ourselves in knots
Or try to calm our angry minds
Look inside to see what you find?
We feel righteous, powerless and unkind.
Healthiest solution is to tame our own mind!
As we become more peaceful and content
Empowers us to clearly vent
Draws others in and we may score a win
War and DV are a sin, so let us all begin
To calm ourselves and our kin?
Only then can we know real peace
Defence recruit the vulnerable
They and their family are fleeced!
Live by the change you seek to make
Then no one can accuse you of being fake!
Written specifically for ‘Poets for Peace’
Have literally just written this and posted it on my blog, happy to have it published!
August 27, 2016 at 7:09 pm
great, thank you for sharing it will be added with the next update 🙂
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August 30, 2016 at 9:23 am
Sofia Kioroglou, Greece
At Idomeni to the village of Chamilo
For a moment I thought
I had found a new home
I was swathed in blankets
and given some food.
I hadn’t eaten for days
gaunt and cadaverous
I made my way to the refugee camp
as the sun cracked through the darkling clouds.
The Red Cross crew tried their best
to rescue a woman’s baby
before hurrying to a man having an epileptic fit
in front of a hundred of us refugees
For a moment I thought
I had found a new home
scrambling for a way past
EU’s closed Balkan door
I give permission to Praxis Magazine to publish my poem
The original is posted on my blog :https://sofiakioroglou.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/sofias-poem-at-idomeni-to-the-village-of-chamiloin-by-land-and-by-seas/
My email is : sophiek.74teacher@gmail.com
August 30, 2016 at 9:49 am
Hi Neha,
I grant permission to publish my poem titled “Igniting the flame of serenity” in Poetry Channel collboration #PoetsForPeace
Here are my details…
Name – Ashish Kumar
Blog URL – http://www.ashishvision.wordpress.com
Poem titile – Igniting the flame of serenity
Post URL – https://ashishvision.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/igniting-the-flame-of-serenity/
Current Location – Hyderabad, India
Email id – theashishkumar23@gmail.com/ashish.8967@gmail.com
Happy to Know that it is getting published. 🙂 Please let me know if anything more is required for the same.
Thanks,
Ashish
August 30, 2016 at 11:57 pm
I have posted my poem:
My details:
Marjorie Mallon
Blog URL : https://kyrosmagica.wordpress.com/
Post URL: https://kyrosmagica.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/poets-for-peace-promise-people-peace/
Poem title: Promise People Peace
Current Location – Cambridge, UK
Email – marjma2014@gmail.com
Thanks. Do let me know if you need anything else. Marje