Global Poetry
Poetry are the song lines, we are writing from the heart, this is the portal that carries us to higher understanding of who we really are. It feels as if my first language.
This is noteable from below:
“It is a paradox that we contain both the conflicts and the capacity to transform them; we contain both darkness and light. But at the centre of this paradox, we are not merely conflicts, we are also light. Where is this light, to bring out our inherent power, to be found?”
This struck a chord for me:
“Can human beings cultivate the capacity to engage in a dialogue, and with wisdom and maturity see others – the societies, cultures and people – in their otherness? Can we then learn to use our creative resources to reach common bases of agreement and co-exist without the need to harm?”
Verses
Poems by Countries
UNESCO World Poetry Day Messages
Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO.
An archive of the official messages by the UNESCO Director General on the occasion of World Poetry Day each year.
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Global Poetry Wall
Human Rights Poetry
Vision of Unity in Diversity for Lasting Peace. Photo © 2015 Bert Monterona, Canada.
Poems on human rights. Click here to view all poems.
Anti-Nuclear Poetry
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Seeds of Yearning
Photo © beastfromeast / iStockPhoto.
In the classrooms of education and in social conversations, it is rarely discussed: What is it that makes us human? The global civilisation has continued to surpass the intellectual heights conquered in human history. Have we not yet to conquer the depths of what happens within the human, within two people and within more people as they engage?
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Love Poetry
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Poetry of Empowerment
Photo © Roberto A Sanchez, iStockPhoto.
It is a paradox that we contain both the conflicts and the capacity to transform them; we contain both darkness and light. But at the centre of this paradox, we are not merely conflicts, we are also light. Where is this light, to bring out our inherent power, to be found?
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Anti-War Poetry
No To War. © 2002, Bert Monterona, Canada.
Can nation states give up their appetite to ‘wage wars’? Can we wage peace, dialogue and creativity instead?
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Social Justice Poetry
Nonkiling Poetry
Malala Yousafzai. Photo © 2013 Children’s Peace Prize. childrenspeaceprize.org
“Nonkilling poetry explores the spirit and practice of how to prevent, respond to, and to improve individual, social, and global well being beyond killing.” – Glenn D. Paige
Click Here for Nonkilling Poetry
Peacebuilding Poetry
All Out Peace Not War. © 2015, Bert Monterona, Canada.
Can human beings cultivate the capacity to engage in a dialogue, and with wisdom and maturity see others – the societies, cultures and people – in their otherness? Can we then learn to use our creative resources to reach common bases of agreement and co-exist without the need to harm?
Click Here to view all poems.
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