The
Tenth Annual World Collab
78 poets from 19 countries, with poets in alpha order
by first name speaking their words based on the image. (Please let us know if
anything has been posted incorrectly!) We appreciate you all so deeply and this
spirit of oneness with our voices lifted together.
Creased,
the world has ceased,
A
stop motion play in six parts,
Where
often beguiled are styled crowds: wild.
Would
we be without one of us?
Alexandria Reece * United
States
I am here on your thumb
A leveraged one
Turning my poetry without guns
Loving, simply loving everyone!
Alfred
William Kukitz * United States
Skin to skin, we carry love,
For dangers lurke in the shadows,
But our colors remain gold.
We will fight with dignity! Said the world.
Anais
(PandaPeaceful) * Guatemala + Switzerland
Mother Earth gives
the best gift of all....
Life.
Take my hand!
Andrew *
Australia
Toma mi mano; vamos juntos a crear un mundo de verde esperanza
Un cielo azul descubriendo muestras miradas y armando una atmosfera
De cálidas palabras, poniendo sonrisas en los rostros vivos de añoranza
Vamos de la mano formando un mundo para cuidarlo y que de todos sea.
Take my hand; we will go together to create a world of green hope
A blue sky, discovering cautious glances and creating an atmosphere
Of warm words, putting smiles on the living faces of nostalgia
We come together to form a world to care for, and that belongs to all of
us.
Angela
Sacalxot * Guatemala (translation to English by Marie Anzalone)
Where there is heartache and
strife
may we choose compassion and life.
Humanity cries for it from us all,
offer your hand, answer the call.
Anne Ross *
United States
I reach out to you,
You reach out to me,
As one star lights the world,
Its peace is all we see.
Annette
Pisano-Higley * United States
There is peace and harmony
in the world.
But yet like the unknown
seed of love, dormant in its own unique style.
It waits for the first warm
season to blossom.
And perhaps peace will bloom
once more again.
Arthur Henn *
United States
Should wintry winds
overtake the sun to dim the day,
may our held hands
warm the way within in dripping rays.
Asante *
United States
I call on ye, oh man, woman,
child, and babe to lend me your ear
In this hallowed time, transcending all color, class, and creed
To unite, to hear the words of thy Saviour- of holy divinity
To forever remember: FAMILY, BRETHREN all are we
Asir YR * United
States
Open your
heart,
Unseal your mind.
Join hands in empathy,
Love and understanding.
Astri *
England
When hands are clasped together
all differences fall away,
become less than the morning mist
at the start of a brand new day.
Beccy *
United Kingdom
Sun soaked hands we fragile
futures face
Edifice & precipice If no one cares to wake
In such small hands we cradle tomorrow
The world we should cherish, one home, one day... namaste.
Butch
Decatoria * United States/Philippines
"Oh, I've longed for
the time I could hold your hand"
"So, we can make strides through this great land"
"I know the journey may seem hard"
"But I'll be there to protect you with my guard"
Corey
Johnson * United States
Can there be peace, unity of
all voices
Will there be harmony, in
the melody of day
We will rise together, our voices
as one
Even in this chorus now we
show the way.
Craig Froman (An owl on the moon) * United States
If the abstrusity of this
night should bring joy
to the meaninglessness of mankind: Worry, sorrow,
anxiety, then why should each morning
not be so kind....peace on earth......
Dana * United States
Clasping clay smeared
sharing old secrets by the touch of skin to soil
Knowledge kneeded from miry soot
Life passed from dust to dust
Danielle
Lapointe * Canada
The world is divided and
subject to
The imperfections of mankind
But held together
By love and understanding.
Dara * United States
A joyous time of year,
a time when we all should be
aware and appreciate the love that is available for all of us.
To put aside differences in faith, but to rejoice in the common need of love
within the family of mankind.
We should all of us strive to bring that joy, that love to fruition.
Dave *
United States
This Gaia heart,
My gift to thee,
Shall always beat,
If Love flows free.
Doodley *
Australia
Inks of hope spilled 'cross
hands
grasping, threads of discord forgotten;
surrounded by thoughts of peace all around,
together we rise ~ invigorated ...
Dr. YumnaKay
* Pakistan
dipped in colors and held so
tight, I
wonder. A captured ball of energy
swirling every more bright, the
the white white light in pure simplicity
Einstein
Noodle * United States
Hand over hand, heart over
heart;
As one we're a grand and profound work of art.
Over sea, over land, via snow, via sand,
Come what may shall we stand never to fall apart.
Emilio
Puerta * Canada
Light embracing sky, earth
an' in between;
rejoicing the breath of dawn an' each dusk's sleep.
Lovelight: compassion, tolerance, 'pon the gentle path
of hand-holding sanity an' - hope for Man-kind.
Emma Joy *
England
With hungry souls I would
share my bread
Like multitudes loaves and fishes fed
I would share my Peace with a world of strife
For what good is man if he shares not Life?
Fabian
Franklin * United States
This is the time of year
We put aside our petty ills
We try to find strength in each other
And carry love for one another
Fanicia
Eythell * United States
Si la melancolía y la felicidad fusilarían su energía,
Y dos manos invisibles entrelazaron amor cada segundo
sin acepción de personas.
La Navidad no sería tan
efémera.
If melancholy and happiness were to fuse their energy,
and two invisible hands interlaced love each second
without sense of them being of persons;
Christmas would not be so ephemeral.
Fidel Flores
* Guatemala (English translation by Marie Anzalone)
The dye for unity has been
cast
Candles of hope light the way
Hands tightly grasp.
For peace and joy this Christmas day
Fran.Marie *
United States
Let there be no discord
only more of understanding
new rays of peace and love
let it prevail, over mother earth.
Galadriel *
India
'Tis easier to hold a heart
to love and not to hate,
so accept the hand of every creed
repentance ne'er will come to late.
Gee * England
Hold out your hand
And help them up
From across the world
Send your love
Geodan (dan)
* United States
Hand in hand, together we
stand;
Spreading the peace~encircling the piece of sand,
Speaking the unuttered words and joining together at the bay;
We reinvigorate ourselves and celebrate a never-ending band.
Ghania * Pakistan
Hand in hand, one Earth we
hold
palm in palm, life's hymn grow
my fingers with Yours, one poem
my heart unto Yours, one hope~
Ghounwah *
Syria
I saw a world not divided by
oceans and mountains
Divided in hearts we stood on the ashes of humanity
But from the ashes rose people with heart and hands locked , walking forward
In the quest for inner peace that endeth all wars
Girlnextdoor
(Tara) * India
On
a day each year hand in hand the conflict is captured
The
stained blood of the sky bleeds through the cracks we cannot heal
A
union cannot be held because a separation is inevitable
We
are different we will still go our own way but we are here today.
i am LiLy * United Kingdom
Reach arms around this globe
to tell the story of-
Christ Jesus born in Bethlehem
A Savior Of Peace Joy and Love..
J.J.
NIGHTINGALE * United States
La sonrisa de la soledad,
hace escaparse de tu tragedia.
se come el beso único, y cree adivinar
lo que hay en la consciencia.
The smile of solitude,
makes you escape from your tragedy.
You partake of a unique kiss, and think
of what exists in the conscience.
Joaquin
Alvarez * Guatemala (English translation by Marie Anzalone)
We are all one of three
monkeys
as we deny the brutal truth
and the despots multiply in plagues,
for love will never deny them their cause.
John Alexander McFadyen * Scotland
En fecha tan memorable, para toda la humanidad,
Encontraremos de la mano, nuestra eterna verdad
Somos seres de la creación, esperamos la Navidad
Amándonos como hermanos, es nuestra realidad.
On a date so
memorable, for all of humanity,
We will find at hand, our eternal truth
We are beings of creation, we wait for Christmas
Loving each as other as brothers, is our
reality.
Juan Antonio Mejicanos * Guatemala (English translation by Marie Anzalone)
Supporting hands encircle
humanity
Healing nurturing beside savagery
Micro to macro pile them on
Millions fluttering doves song
Karen
Redburn * Canada
She lays in a bed of rocks With her hardened heart Scattered within morse code
Bruises that color her skin
Like a broken reflection In the lethargic mood Of a lake
Where problems and promises
Are thrown like pennies In a fountain Of hopeless wishes
Whispered and forgotten.
Gray skies bleed a scarlet sunset That drips its colors
Onto the mountains And the
sea. “Unfinished “
Kelsie Stark * USA
A sphere of tender touching
in certain space.
Of moving hands joined.
Holding the shape of a timeless Mother earth.
And a praying that no-one is always alone.
Ken Simm *
Scotland
we all gather together now
our hands soft in harmony
love and hope in firm hold
growing a peaceful universe
Ladysue *
United States
A hold by
the soul lingers on
For roses grew within a dance of love
We hold on to let go
Loving each passing moment
Speaking one language of all that goes by
Counting on fate to break so much
silence
Until a second of touching tide
Surely takes us by
Lingering Soul * Isle of Man
Reaching my paw from the
California coast
barleygirl is wagging a holiday toast
to gifted artist-friends who share the most
whether lyrical lines or a rowdy riposte.
Margie
(barleygirl) * United States
My hands are white flour,
yours, fine cocoa,
milled in distinct places of different worlds;
if we combine them, with intent- understanding-
what we bake together this season is a more human, connected, earth.
Las manos mías son de harina blanca, las tuyas, cacao fino,
molidos en lugares distintos de mundos diferentes;
si las combinamos, con la intención- a entender-
lo que horneamos juntos esta estación es una tierra más humana,
conectada.
Marie Anzalone * Guatemala
and the USA
hands held , hands embraced
hands of the ocean
and countries
all over the world
these two hands show--
where people are living, breathing
and perhaps struggling
to survive
in places alien to ours, yet people
with the same bodies, faces, ears , nose, and
Heart
Marilyn Nepp * United States
Close together united we
stand,
Shoulder to shoulder hand in hand.
Through all of the hardships when will it be calm,
For the sake of our future destroy the bomb.
Marisa * Canada
If we can
forgive to each other
Our wrong doing to each other
We can became humans again
Again give love to those who need it most to our
enemies
Martin land (Broken English) * United States
Labored breathing growing
softer in her ear,
Mother Nature can no longer thrive here,
Battered lands to which blame is only our own,
She sheds one last tear and life turns to stone.
Miranda
Jackson (Chewing Wildflowers) * States
On the
opposite poles, basking in the same Sun,
Pulling at the threads, away we choose to run.
Separated by forests, boundaries, roads and
cities
We still pull at each other with our gravities.
Moon's
fairest daughter * Australia
Bonded indifference
Shaded with compromise
A fractured world unites
Manifesting equality
Mr.e *
United States
Let us guard the
peace!
You and I are in this race,
Keeping the world safe.
For tomorrow's sake!
Mrudula Rani
* Brasil
Unity, is genuinely. Putting,
things, instantly differently.
We all are dammed together, or saved together. Quoting.
The Queen, I heard, of 1963, was the day I agreed. To be, and say
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myenigma * United
States
Dear unknown, you don't know
my name, nor who am I,
But same is the hunger in our hearts, so our cry.
Different are the masks or the wars we may stand,
But in the solitude of this void, I feel you as a friend.
Nerio
Vespertin * Italy
Birds flying wing to wing
through storms and sunshine...
singing songs of love and
true devotion...
from Singapore to South
America and parts unknown
we blend our colors with
hearts unfurled.
Giving birth to new
beginnings... let us pray... Amen.
Patricia
Wedel * United States
Hands in anger
Death and war
Hands that unite
Can move mountains.
Paul Bell
If only more people
took Christmas, personally,
instead of living a
TV commercial one!
What's better for
everyone?
Being yourself, or
being too retail?
PB Jacobs * United States
the brotherhood of man.
together we all can.
not a solo but a band.
in unity throughout the land.
Pete * United States
Embracing humanities values
Through international collaboration
In magnanimous charitable grasp
An unyielding core of hope lives on
Phill Oz O'fee
* United Kingdom
This globe separates with
distance
those who are in need and solace
across the waves and deserts
I hear and shall always try to reach all
PoppySilver *
United Kingdom
Sobre nossas cabeças
segredos escondidos,
Da Natureza com dura guerra
cinco sóis eram
passadoss
�" nos corações um grande
medo;
Desses mistérios entendidos
mil se plantam em mole
terra,
mais cinco luas passadas
�" e nos corações o amor
nasce ledo.
Upon our heads
hidden secrets,
From Nature with harsh war
five suns have passed
�" hearts full of fear;
From those known mysteries
a thousand are planted in
soft earth,
five moons more have passed
�" and in hearts love grows
joyfully.
Priscila Sousa * Portugal
Winter days have grown short
and dark
Your spirit calls; let it
shine bright
The suns retires early; the
moon stands guard
Fallen leaves are stripped
of their wind-song
But your spirit calls; and
so, let it sing loud
Pryde Foltz * Canada
Earth lies over thousands of
myths
Some of them are about love, some about dreams
Some about demons breaking the laws of peace
We are also a myth, lurking being a part of it.
Raas *
Bangladesh
One time we're together, the
next time we'ren't
We long to stay together but sometimes we can't.
We hold-on to the hope that soon we shall be together
I reach out my hand hoping it will bring us together.
Regina
Ndagire * Uganda
Across all lands, let's all
join hands …
joyous happiness ring!
Breathe-in a sigh, pass sadness by,
share all love's light will bring!
Richard
Jenkins * United States
Las palabras sobreviven a la boca que las dice.
Los pensamientos puede transformar una vida en
sueño o pesadilla.
Las actitudes que dominan los impulsos pueden
ser más bien actos titánicos
Solo es posible comprenderlo cuando te
responsabilizas de tus propios retos.
Words survive the mouth that speaks them.
Thoughts can transform a life into a dream or
nightmare.
The attitude that dominates impulses can
overcome titanic acts.
This can only be understood when you take responsibility
for your own challenges.
Rita Santos * Guatemala (English translation by Marie Anzalone)
May it be so a
thousand years hence
That people of good
heart still say with feeling:
Peace and love to you
all this Christmas
May it be so all over
this world
R.J. Askew * England
Earth is the circle of life
and if we all stand hand in hand
we become the crown of Christ
as an honor for his sacrifice.
Rock and Roll Cowboy * United States
Let us all join hands
in near or farthest lands
for one night and day of bliss
sharing a brotherly or sisterly kiss.
Sammi
Chapman * United States
Binding and firm as a brother’s love
Tethered in unified harmony
Wrapping the world in universal strength
Peace aglow in our caressed hearts
Seriana * United States
In those who share life's
few comforts
won't you join me in life's amends
For as long as I walk this earth
may I be worthy of my friends
Tate Morgan *
United States
Mere shame holds fingers
bound together,
A family listen carefully to those in red,
Jolly fellows with laps of plenty flesh,
A broken child found here just dead.
Thomas F * Ireland
Feelings passed through a
hand, be it hate or love,
Together, they become a piece of art as it was once before,
Fingers intertwined as vines on a brick wall,
Define the way we dream, the way we truly are.
Tiny Drop * Portugal
The rest of me, incessantly,
teeters between complacency and falling.
Either asleep or off the bridge,
The water underneath,
Battling currents of alone, your own soul, and the weak.
Ty * United
States
Hand in hand we must be
For the benefit of the earth
Forgetting imagined wrongs
Praying for a peaceful earth
Wendy Seames
Garner * United States
i reach my hand,
across this land,
just to be a friend
and shake your hand
wordman * United States
Mother
Earth without Humanity is just a piece of marble in the Universe,
In Order for Us to Continue to Survive for Over
4.54 Billion of Years.
We Need to Keep Our Search for Peace, Love,
Knowledge and Connection to One Another.
Remember; that Our Life is the Greatest
Masterpiece of Our Almighty Father.
YanZeros * Philippines
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