1970 Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri


"Peace a Chance"

March for a flower
Blossoming in a pasture
Shoot for a bluebird
Flying through the trees
Stop for an hour
Admiring the mink's fur
Speak for a true word
Bending troubled knees

Where do the bullets go
Streaming through the stale air
Why do the people die
Falling in the mud
Listen to the wind blow
Turn to them who care
America under sky
Where our fathers trod

Why are there enemies
Why is there war
Why is there garbage
Why strife above
Why not intimacies
Why not care
Why not a new age
Why not love

1970

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