Night light of a bomb

You saw the past of Japan

Burdened with graveyards

And the graveyards grow

And there are wars tears cries

Prayer to the Sun

A cloud through a brook

Officers of eternal will

A premonition

You are all these things

A forest stream a warm night

Japan's history

A ghost-breath lights up

Compliments to the victor

Japan's mothers dream

— Tatjana Debeljacki

POETRY FOR PEACE CONTEST

All Poems Submitted to the Contest

Helle van Aardeberg Jaime Abbariao Shereen Abbas Marco Abbruscato

Paul Abellera Midori Abe Wendy Abreu Kathlyn Acevedo

Sambidhan Acharya Madison Acosta Abeku Adams Perry Addo Deji Adefila

Kolawole Adepoju Adjei Adjei-Baah Jailene Adorno I.K Adusei

Israt Ahmed Mahdia Ahmed Ashley Ahn Sajia Alaha Ahrar Kwame Aidoo

Eva Akinvall Elikplim Akorli Seher Akram Abdo Alawdi Francesco Alberico

Eleni Alexiou Hakim Alipoor Faidon Alkinoos Lynda Allen Amberly Almonte

Seratul Ambia Alwaz Amit George Amoah Parbattie Anant Reasmeiy Angkor

Bengt Jerker Anstrin Shadrack Appiah Geetakshi Arora Theodora Artas

Nana Asaase Ahbab Ashraf Omar Ashraf Edmund Baffour Awuah Volkan

Aydinoglu

Wilson Amooro Ayinbangya Natalia Ayres Sayeef Azgar Ayobayo J. Babade

Rohan Bader Afsane Bahar Kristina Bajic Nenad Bakaj Mohamed Bakr

Adham Bakr Anjicka Balaz Rashawn Baldwin Noemie Banaga

Ammar Banni Isaac Barayev Carlos Barbarito Lucia Barbera

Matthew Barron Sharon Bayantemur Ivan Bazyuk Fouzia Begum

Dante Bellotta Omar Benkerroum Jim Bennett Chéna Benson

Shanjeta Bhuiyan Zlata Bogovic Genesis Bonval Sandra Botha

Antonio Boyd James Bridge André Luis Bridi Zachary Bright Ximena Bringas

Katarzyna Brojakowska Kimson Bryant Mara Buck Jimmy Budis

Omari Burns Rania J Busada Mark Bustos Mac Campbell Mark Carrillo

Tomás Ó Cárthaigh Nicole Cayton Daniel Celis Ceridwen Laurent Chaineux

Amanda Chan Reon Chang Clairie Chatzigianni Emmanuel Chekumbe

Jessy Chen Yi-Hsin Chen Henry Cheng Yi Chen Nabin Kumar Chhetri

Virile Chittangsomboon Ashley Cho Prerana Choudhury Maheen Chowdhury

Farhat Chowdhury Tangila Chowdhury Zahra Chowdhury Jessica Chu

Jiakai Jeremy Chua Mikaela C Allison Hedge Coke Zhane Constantino

Edwin M. Cordevilla Laurie Corzett Donald Crane Courtney Crawford

Sophal Cresswell Jose Cubillos Katherine Cunalata Elias Dafoe

Nubi Kayode Damilare Adri Daniel Enrico Danna Stephen Larbi Darkoh

Thanaree Darncharnjitt William Davis Tatjana Debeljacki Jaylene Delgado

Vivian Delgado Brianna Dendy Antoine Desrosiers Kodjo Deynoo

Kyara Diaz Julie A. Dickson Fotios Dimitriadis Chris Diz

Michella Domenici Katherine Dominguez Emmi Doumit Kyle Du

Saiya Dumaran Barbara Duong Rosalis Duran Moinak Dutta Melissa Echevarria

Aifuwa Edosomwan Tanzina Eisha Dzisam Antoine Elikem Yaseer Elkhou

Rania Elmrini Marwa Elnagar Ahmed Elnawawy Robert Epstein

Bridgette Espinoza Yenifer Estevez Cole Larry Eubanks Maurizio Evangelista

Ivandra Felix Richard Fenner Abonti Ferdous Amber Fernandez

Christline Fernandez. Cameron Ferrol Celia Finnimore Jamie F

Indializ Flores Don Ford Angie Forero Raymond Foss Georja Fotiou

Ilias Foukis Michelle Frost Jenny Funston Zina Gacevic Amina Gacevic

Clinton Gachangi Georgina Galanis Vanessa Gapa Giancarlo Frank & Corey Garcia

Michelle Garcia Jelica Gavrilovic Stephanie Geier Selikem Geni

Eleni Georgiadis Phillip Georgiou Nadia Ghulam Petros Giannros

Anam Gill Delicia Gilling Sebastian Giraldo Marianna Glyfada

Ana María González Julia Gordon-Bramer Catherine Graham

Brindusa Luciana Grosu Edwin Gruda Michael Grullon Viktorija Gudina

Tiffany Guerrero Debbie Guzzi Katerina Hadjipavlis Laud Kweku Halm-Quartey

Nancy Hamill Max Hamilton Mohammad Hanif Fatema Haque Mohammed

Hashas

Chicoat Helm Maria Henriques Michelle G. Hernandez Patrick Hernandez

Tatianna Hernandez Charlax Hice Francina Saint Hilaire Myaia Hodge

Robert Hodges Hoi Hoi Destiny Holley Nazia Hossain Jerome Howard

Irene Hu Hendrick Hui Shamael Husain Usman Hussai Jeremy Huynh

Mariam Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahimi Chinedu Jonathan Ichu Joice Im Barsha Islam

Karina Iturralde SK Iyer Justin Jacob Usha Jagdeo Ishrat Jahan

Lizeth Jaimez Shalini Jairaj Adrian Nour Jamal Zeljka Vucinic Jambresic

Lydia Jamenya Kuteara Jamison Yerim Jee Ricardo R. Jesus

Hua Jing Annika Joeng Olanihun Opeyemi Joe Jesse Johnson

Avery Jonas Adele Ogiér Jones Dale Stokes Jordan Kathleen Julia

Ivanka Juran Jakub Jurski Sabrina Kabir Justyna Kadyszewska

Elhameh Kaghazchi Ravi Karan Kakkar Biuma Kalala Vinko Kalinić

Ardi Kapeshnica Ed Kaplan Slimi Karim Zavier Kaufman Kamaljot Kaur

Sandeep Kaur Jeton Kelmendi Penn Kemp Kawa Kerami Joseph Keteku

Zoha Khalid Takiya Khan Hamed Khawary Asif Khowaja Shanil Khowaja

Christina Kim Heajin Kim Rebecca King Uwandu Chinemerem Kingson

Fernando Kinoshita Julia Kitell Gert W. Knop Clara Kolinek Patrick Kolodziej

Despina Kontaxis Samuel Koranteng Diakogeorgios Kosta Vijaya Bhanu Kote

Dimitris P. Kraniotis Olf Thomas Krumm Kinga Kuczynski Ayman Kuddus

Aarish Kumar Hashela Kumarawansa Helena Kurtezi Girish Kute

Samantha Kwok Win Kyi Hailey Lam Jessica (Yanyi) Lam Laura LaMorta

Cristiana Lauri Anna Lauria Chris Law Chris Lawrencei Kathleen Leach

Juliet Leech W. M. Lewis Patricia M. Lewis Jurell Lews Jennifer Li

Elaine Li Katerina Ligoni Shannon Lima Ellen Birkett Lindeen

Helen Lin Janice Lin Mia Lipstick Chris Lliguichuzhca

Erica Lliguichuzhca Johan W Löfgren Ryan Long Alice Loor

Karla Loor Lelsy Lopez Catherine Lora Ugo Love Hamish Low

Karen Lui Kylie Luu Kanako Mabuchi Winy W. Macheru Eileen Maguire

Adhar Maheshwari Grace Mahony Kawamoto Maki Sonia Manga

Rafael Marin Vikki Marshall Elias Martes Robert Masterson

Thandiwe Louise Matavire Sarah Mathai K. K. Mathew Rahid Mazumder

Hamida Mazumder Kiara McDonald Eileen McGrath Grant D. McLeman

Patrick McManus Syeda Rumana Mehdi Paola Mendez Ayaa Mesbah

Gero Miceli Leonidas Milonas Monserrat Mitchell Mitsuki

Suhaila Mohideen Gbrielle Mompalao Eric Monda George Monokrousos

Chelsea Morales Veronica Morali Ombuge Mose Cristal Mota

Tamara Moultrie Tinashe Muchuri Aju Mukhopadhyay Naosuke Mukoyama

Donna Lee Murphy Olawuyi Mutiu Dionne Muyalde Walter Keyombe Muzembi

Joy Muthanje Mwaniki Homaira Mysha Majid Naficy Fumiya Nagai

Siddharth Sunil Nair Hisashi Nakamura Sherwin Navarro Michelle Negrete

Franklin Neira Catherine Ng Timo Nicolakis David Kotei Nikoi Lindsey Nkem

Patrick Adjei Nketia Michael Nketiah Ayaka Nojiri Matthew Nunez

Nana Nyarko Mgcini Nyoni Jordi Ochoa Mark Odea S. Senyo Ofori-Parku

Nana Agyemang Ofosu Ifeanyi Ogbo Rotimi Ogunjobi Olaitan Victor Olatomide

Princess Olivera Rafael Olivera Adedayo Albert Olofinnika Abikoye Oluwatoyosi

Oluwatosin

Eddie Ombagi Eoin O'Neill Madelaine Ong Oduor E. Oriko Lea Ormandy

Daniel Ortega Johana Lopez Osorio Mari Ota Neelima P Kevin Padilla

Yam Padua Carbin Palafox Demetrios Pandazis Michael Panteloukas

Alex Papadopou Isidora Papagiannakis Anil Parbhudial

Stella Parthenis Annamaria Pecoraro Brianna Perez Rama Krishna Perugu

Anisah Pillay Pamela Janet Rodríguez Piminchumo Peter Pitsakis

Marija Pogorlic GJV Prasad Mark Prime Ronece Pringle

Pallavi Priyadarshini Selena Prodromidou Ivy Prosser Jessica Puliafico

Nazanin Qaumi Kate Quane Amn Rahman Thusme Rahman Sakibur Rahman

Sumaia Rahman Tanzina Rahman Rinzu Rajan Jane Smith Meme Ramapatel

T A Ramesh Jennylee Ramos Moraysha Ramsahai Nicii Rashan Carla Redondi

John Remillard Christ Reymundi Olivia Richards Martin Rijntjes

Syeda Rithu Abigail Rivera Zulikha Roberts Danny Rodriguez

Jhovany Rodriguez Diana Rodriguez Edgardo Rodriguez Chris Rojas

Kenny Rojas Meshack Kipyego Rop Lokesh Roy Pinaki Roy Danae Ruiz

Yassine Sabri Jasper Sabuni Walter William Safar Sakib Safi

Gurjoj Sahota Dinesh Sairam Tomoki Sano Ernesto P. Santiago

Ömer Sapanli Lovro Saric Minal Sarosh Mohsin Sarwar Simone Sawyers

Sofia Schmidt Nicole Schweit Iolanda Scripca Ameza Selorm

Stella Seo Brianna Serna Archana Sharma Rajat Sharma Bayarjargal Shartolgoi

Fahredin Shehu Akhter Shihab Shodai Shiota Dhimitrios Shoshari

Komatsu Shota Satis Shroff S. Sideris Charleston Silla

Anastasiya Sindyukova Aishwarya Singaravelu Ranveer Singh Simran Singh

Suhrab Sirat Esther Slowley Brinanna Monica Smalling Matthew F. Smith

Martin Smith Myriam Solar Michael Kwaku Kesse Somuah Sarah Speziali

Uma Srikar Bolaji St.Ramos Stella Steinbach Grace Stempel

Ellen Stoyanov Jose Suarez Shania Subhani Maho Sugihara

Milica Sujica JC Sullivan Lina Sultana Ian Sun Esa Suomaa

Judith Suzuki Konstantinos Sventzouris Felix Orisewike Sylvanus

Momo Takahashi Tasnuva I. Tamim Alexander G. Tanaskidis Eduard Tara

Matthew Taylee Christine Janz Taylor Jogga Singh Teidy Jane Tekin

Princess Tensang Yin Yin Thain Swati Thakur Bhuwan Thapaliya

Aung Zin Phyo Thein Jan Theuninck Kristy Thu Tiffany Ting Nour Tohme

Reem Tohme Falokun Tolulope Kiani Torres Abikoye Tosin Georgia Tsamados

Tenzin Tsering Vasiliki Tsitouridou Spiro Tsoumpariotis

Mandy Moe Pwint Tu Najma Tubssum Jade Turbides Darleny Urena

Jael Uribe Kevin Uzzle Paul Valdivia Emilce Vallejo Brian Van

Seda Vardikyan Alexandra Vassiliou Julijana Velichkovska

Aaron Anthony Vessup Bhooma Vikas Connie Villon Soraya Vivas

Sara R. Vogler Duska Vrhovac Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic Surakij Vuthikornpant

Hazel A Waite Lesa R. Walker Christina Wang Judy Wang Dechen Wangmo

Brendan Ward Ed Warner Theresa White Morgan E. White Jessica White

Martha Reiser Williams Sydnei Williams Justus Williams Christina Williams

Lindsay Williams Katie Wu Anson Wu Linda Wu Mendy Wu

Lin Xue Jenny Xue Yeni Yi Kolawole Adepoju Yinka Joyce Yoo Jawed Zafari

Daniel Zahzouhi Kozi Zavalani Jeffrey Zhang-Sun Elona Zharku

Lediona Zharku Janet Zheng Mary Zhuo Ke Verica Zivkovic Caroline Zuba

Jakub Zuk Mark Zurita