SEVENTEENTH GLOBAL COLLABORATION

OUR SEVENTEENTH GLOBAL COLLABORATION at the Writers Cafe!

61 poets from 20 countries coming together in a poem as one… with this as our prompt:

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is to…

 

 

Bring a smile make merry

Earth has plenty Take it easy,

Life can be beautiful with trust and sympathy

Aarti Sriram

 

Let us look onto the world and see a web of strings

Strings to every stranger

Adjourn our souls as one

And at the end see clarity

Adriana, Bulgaria

 

To the future, whose past has been long apart,

May your survivors live- but not yearn for forever,

No war, cult, or power will sustain the heart,

Which requires warmth, connection, selfless endeavor.

Alexander Starks (Indra's Child), United States

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is, an age of peace and bliss.

A long life without strife.

Peace in every village, town or city.

An era of understanding, love and prosperity.

A happy world, a time of gold.

The Ancient Rock, Portugal

 

I hope to see another day possibly in another world maybe that's why aliens don't stop by for a chat because we are simply unfriendly, currently this world is on a path of destruction, man made of course. We are lucky animals don't have a spoke person.

Andrew Mitchell, Australia

 

With the Hope of the Season

Know we are joined for a reason

Standing Together, we are strong,

To a Universal Family, we belong.

Annette Pisano Higley, United States

 

That we unite to challenge dogmas.

Dogmas are tools of control, ruling over our minds and stripping us of the ability to think critically or take charge.

They render us helpless, unable to awaken to our true potential.

But once we awaken, we will clearly see what is wrong�"and how to fix it.

Anya Stork, United States

 

Find inner peace.

Embrace and share what makes you unique.

Appreciate and respect nature.

Learn, love and laugh frequently.

Arvada, United States

 

Let the men with washed hands

and hearts of stone, atone;

and may the children of all our Gods

reign victorious in everlasting peace and goodwill.

Beccy, United Kingdom

 

my hope for all peoples of this world to to understand our differences and our similarities…..and try to express them in a civil way, so that we can have peace and harmony…. we don’t know what tomorrow will bring so we must live in the “ NOW” and hope that each day will be brighter than the one before….we must have hope that some day the world will be at peace and different ethnic groups will respect each other

Betty Hermelee, United States

 

My hope for the world and people who walk it is,

To find a balance between tradition and modern bliss.

To preserve our heritage, yet stay open to the west's eyes

And build a brighter future, where love and peace persist.

Cain, Korea

 

Accept that my perceptions are not always yours - nor yours mine - though we breathe the same air,

share the same world, dream, cry for the same pain, and die at life's, times, and Gods' whim.

May each of us pray and follow life affirming belief's - with the same fervor, continued hope, and a full

awareness and understanding of our neighbors realities and samenesses. WE are humanity, not just I's.

Chris Twyford (Ancient117331), United States

 

To walk in peace and to dance in joy

These are the hopes we all should know

For we are one family on this Earth

In each life we celebrate new birth

Owl on the Moon (Craig), United States

 

I think of Christmas as a child might, with blue things and glittering balls. Tinsel for the house cat to roll his fur beneath a cut pine tree placed in a red and green trough. We, little and bemused, sitting in our worlds of anticipation. Today the tree is the plastic one I dragged from the closet and its box home with its lights and silver thingies still attached from last season's wonder. But the anticipation still blooms inside me; a heart of wonder with hurt and loss, a passing memory. When this season is over and the leaves of the Poinsettia wither, I will wish again for peace and love throughout the land. Then stuff the old plastic tree back into its yearly home. Wonder is eternal, they tell me.

dana, United States

 

Let brotherly love spread in the hearts of woman and men.

Let compassion's smile be present on people's faces again.

Let concern for one another be an emotion in hearts felt.

Let peace on earth and good will to all be a place dwelt.

Dave W., United States

 

My hope for the world and the people who walk it

To love more dearly

To think more clearly

To act more fearlessly

And to move more warily

Dara, Ireland

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is…

That South Africa’s song of many tongues may rise,

A harmony born from struggle and grace,

Where every voice, though different, belongs,

And unity turns our pain into a shared embrace.

Elnnes, South Africa

 

Taken by arm's destruct, rebuild hope and homes

Return the gleeful glance of blood-torn orphan child

Walk with pride and honesty, sans limp or faithless fall

Ban Man's decline to honour love and true sincerity

emmajoygreen, England

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is

they are released from all sufferring,

not in death,

but in this lifetime.

That all darkness is dispelled,

the way only the eternal candle can.

Ern

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is

That the earth heals from all its scars

Souls find calmness beneath the stars

The place where wounds fade with each gentle kiss

And unity restores the peace we once knew but now miss

Εύχαρις �'ραμπατζή, Greece

 

I would like to see the hate in this country stop. There is so much division in the US now, before and after the election. And we have such unrest all over the world and the makings of another World War.

Let's all trim a tree, with peaceful ornaments and pretty lights and sing Christmas Carols all over the world and keep the songs going well after this season has passed.

jacob

 

I say hope is self who works hard to make it true though we rely on god,

For me you shouldnt have dishope which makes you all alone

Hope is something like joyful heart which can cure their loneliness or evil

Hope is one which made me to walk in dark

Towards my path of light

Jessy Jacob (Usha), India

 

My hope for the world and the people who walk it

The chosen path is too long,

but the legs never ache.

Because the hope is filled,

With these green caress.

Jeyanthi, India

 

My hopes for the world are shaken,

But there's none I do not bless,

But brethren is it possible

We could kill each other less?

John the Baptist, United States

 

It can’t be difficult to see a difference in emotions, and an interstellar rocket.

A gift can be given not just by wealth, but by something as simple as a friendship locket,

But friendship is a two way street, so make sure it is solid, or else the friendship has fallen.

United States Of America, where there is opportunity there is also… theft, and corruption

Joshua Hernandez (ThreeWrites)

 

A hope of salvation and reward

From the heavens above, come light

Of the Word; the holy word is shelter

Against evil and damned ones, so hold

The rope of peace and love, to save our beautiful earth!

Kashif Ali Abbas, Pakistan

 

The silent night with cracking snowflakes,

Not the sound of missiles, not ashes in the air.

The silent night with the hope of a peaceful morning.

The tears of joy and laughter, not screaming pain.

Kate AKS, Ukraine

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it would have to be a message with a musical connotation, the words to John Lennon's song, "Imagine". To imagine all the people, living life in peace. The message still reverberates all these years later.

Kelly Scheppers, United States

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is ...

Like the wasp in autumn,

we learn the joy of living

Is free flight

from the sting of war

Ken e Bujold, Canada

 

Wherever you walk you find love.

Wherever you walk you find joy.

Wherever you are and whoever you be.

You find someone who will walk with you, beside you, entertain you and who will be in your hope in life whatever.

I hope you can say. I did.

Ken Simm, Scotland

 

Never lose Hope

The hands of the mind are tired

And the twin hands of the body are threatening for a strike

And the legs are on go slow

But the spirit is loudly shouting,Never lose hope,never lose hope.

kudakwashe ziunye, Zimbabwe

 

Plato’s cave is as dark as ever,

Stand up and leave, or stay forever.

Hope is a soft hand that can’t make your chains fall.

The heavens are not deaf; it is your call.

Laz, Hungary/Taiwan

 

A hope for this world that I hold dear

Is for all of humanity to live without fear

No evil, no monsters, no sickness within

Simply all of us, living life til the end

Liv, United States

 

To remember that diversity of opinion, thought,

and philosophy isn’t what weakens the world.

The closing of the mind and shutting down ideas that don’t align with your own,

leads to hostility and division.

Lore keeper, United States

 

My hope for the world and the people who walk it

Is more urgent action and less who just talk it

And to wish everyone a merry '25

As well as the hope we all make it out alive!

Lorry, Scotland

 

May you find inner peace

May your worries be few

May your heart be full

And your wallet too!

Lydia Shutter, United States

 

my hope for our world and the people who walk it is to

take yourself to unimaginable places; see colors, hear languages, taste air

don't stop living for someone else because tomorrow is all you have left

and don't forget to smile for those who cannot any longer, for a smile is all you can give to the earth.

Mabel Mae, United Kingdom

 

that we unite as one

in light and love and

gratefully share with each other the blessings

we receive from above �"

Marie Shine, Ireland

 

Our hope is that when we walk together

In faith we hug as one because, we believe

The strength we know is the very greatest gift

We can find in the end by being one.

Mauricio Montayo, United States

 

Let us look to our hearts for the reason we came.

Let us gather as one and sing in his name.

We shall set our souls free on the wings of a dove.

Bow down to Allah and rise up in love.

Michael Sun Bear, United States

 

I hope for the world, where the hunger fades like ghosts in the night,

Children laugh under skies of hope, as echoes of war fade from sight.

No more cries of the lost, no more tears of despair,

Where poverty's chains dissolve in the air.

Ghosts of the past, just ashes in the wind,

Suicides fade like a nightmare rescinded.

Depression's dark cloud crushes, just like a memory worn,

In the dawn of redemption, a new world is born.

I hope of better days, where dreams can ignite,

In a world where love conquers every sleepless night.

With food on the table and peace in every song,

We'll build a new kingdom where all can belong.

Milena Grubor

 

For many of us to walk the walk of life, towards unity.

To share the gift of love given by those above.

For loss and profit not to benefit.

For we are all equal.

MrBlack202, South Africa

 

My hope for the world and the people who walk it is fading fast,

we're struggling to stay, in a world that won't last.

But still we hold on, to a light in the night

a glimmer of hope, that might make it just right.

OG, Jamaica

 

My Wish for all the people of the World would be to Sing in one orchestrated Symphony remembering Beethovens Fifth to come together from Mountain Tops and over the Shining Seas... I Believe in the Beauty of coming together to Comfort the Poor and open every Door to Freedom...

Patricia Wedel, United States

 

Be courageous,

challenge yourself

even if you're an alcoholic ne're-do-well who's forced to be alone with his thoughts, eating Spaghettios and watching dumb videos to numb my f*****g brain. I welcome you to my jungle.

Philip Gaber, United States

 

whimsical wisps of pink-pulled batten

smear the sky in softness and blurred lines

a northerly play chimes with drifting snow

a setting afternoon sun reclaims its rays

the crisp air fils my heart with warmth

Pryde Foltz, Canada

 

“My hope for our world and the people who walk it” is a boundless embrace of compassion and unity,

where each step fosters understanding and kindness, illuminating paths of shared dreams and joys.

May we tread softly, honouring the whispers of the earth and each other, and together, weave a tapestry of peace and resilience that transcends all divides.

RBK, Australia

 

When you see yourself,you see the world,

Every leaf sheared is falling-a blind eye,

For all that it is, Heaven and hell are me and you.

Never forget,I see you!

REN, from Earth

 

As the four winds meet from across far lands,

May we all gather, joining hearts and hands.

Share there in fervent, hopeful prayer

That leaves no doubt how much we care.

Richard, United States

 

May soft kindness bloom in gentle souls,

Where hands hold a loving caress,

And in each other's eyes, we see

A glimpse of our vulnerability.

Seren, India

 

Stop repeating dreadful history,

Thousand years have passed when Homer wrote ,,Iliad".

Hundreds of people have died because of one conflict.

Have we, even today, learned nothing?

someoneuknow, Lithuania

 

My hope would be the vanishing of sadness from within,

replaced in completion by the glimmer of bliss,

dwelling in a swarm and swell of an epic, angelic win

Seriana (Amber), United States

 

Is to not let bad things go when we know we should stop it

All of the war, famine, and discrimination

Should be replaced with peace, love, and all of our imagination

Let the hope of the people and our lives shine

And make a new world of our own design

Sophia, United States

 

We learn to communicate and have conversations that flow with empathy and compassion.

To fear less and care more.

To open our minds and heart to gather for peace.

where love is known

And respect is shown

Where kindness lingers

And hate is unknown

Where we listen to understand

and seek what is good

Where people learn and grow

Where hearts without fear flow

And we reach out and create light in ourselves and each other

With all our might

for unity to shine bright

and peace to prevail

Sue, United States

 

Live in concert regardless of our differences

Quit modernizing and glamorizing hate and be bold enough to love everybody

With an deep understanding that tomorrow is not promised and time is to be courted

respectfully.Let’s stop weaponizing food,love,color,diversity, age….

Titilayo Sarah Eguridu, Nigeria

 

Let not your heart be cold

eyes blinkered obscuring sight

look for the hand in need

reach out and the future will be bright!

Tom, Northern Ireland

 

Be true to themselves, a shining example

Like the warm glowing sun rising bright in the east

Embracing life, while showing tender gleams

a comforting smile, despite the blinding rays of light

Tumi, Nigeria

 

Wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to know that

most of us are fine, it’s what’s inside that counts.

Salvation is simple. Love God first, and your

neighbor as yourself. How hard is that?

Vol , United States

 

Grandmother could not tolerate tears.

She would always bake them away,

all that sadness buried beneath pound cake,

fed to whomever was loneliest that day.

W. Barrett Munn, United States

 

To have faith truly is rewarding

To have hope truly can be inspiring

To have trust can be gratifying

But to believe in a higher power

Truly is spiritually fulfilling

William Propsner, United States

 

My hope for our world and the people who walk it is

That the earth hums with the quiet of healing,

That souls find light in the darkest of seasons,

That each path is softened by the grace of compassion,

And love blooms eternal in every heart’s garden.

Yana Larson, Ukraine

 

Author's Note

If we missed you or if you would like to join, just send me or Emma your poem, name, and country, and we'll get you added right in! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR... AND OVER THESE YEARS TO MAKE THIS SO FULL OF JOY.

Reviews

[Lorry]

An excellent cobbalerati... collarabati... a let's all join in holiday season poem Craig! 😃
Who'da thunk it would still be going strong after all these years?
It won't be long until you hit the magical milestone of the twentyeenth collabathingy and may I take the opperchancity of wishing you all a very merry commercial exploitation of a once meaningful occasion! (Patent pending) 😃