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Haitian Children :
tag:ipeace.us,2010-02-27:2217368:BlogPost:2458077
2010-02-27T07:30:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br></br>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br></br>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br></br>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br></br>The vision of understated elegance<br></br>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br></br>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br></br>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br></br>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br></br>Your presence and posture are just right<br></br>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br></br>You cry…
Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br/>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br/>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br/>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br/>The vision of understated elegance<br/>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br/>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br/>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br/>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br/>Your presence and posture are just right<br/>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br/>You cry openly every time you feel<br/>Yet there is a dignity so strong<br/>Old-fashioned lace and iron-fisted grace<br/>The facts belie an altogether indignant trace<br/>The disdain of the failures of the human race<br/>Unique, as in Fabrege eggs and Monet<br/>You are overly complex, as they say<br/>Lovely and feminine all at the same time<br/>I adore you and remember you as sublime<br/>Gone now to another better place<br/>Gone now to be part of another race<br/>The starvation took the joy and life from your face<br/>Never again will there be of you, even a trace<br/>Joe Michael Solomon
Haitian Children :
tag:ipeace.us,2010-02-27:2217368:BlogPost:2458076
2010-02-27T07:30:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br></br>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br></br>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br></br>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br></br>The vision of understated elegance<br></br>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br></br>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br></br>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br></br>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br></br>Your presence and posture are just right<br></br>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br></br>You cry…
Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br/>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br/>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br/>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br/>The vision of understated elegance<br/>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br/>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br/>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br/>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br/>Your presence and posture are just right<br/>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br/>You cry openly every time you feel<br/>Yet there is a dignity so strong<br/>Old-fashioned lace and iron-fisted grace<br/>The facts belie an altogether indignant trace<br/>The disdain of the failures of the human race<br/>Unique, as in Fabrege eggs and Monet<br/>You are overly complex, as they say<br/>Lovely and feminine all at the same time<br/>I adore you and remember you as sublime<br/>Gone now to another better place<br/>Gone now to be part of another race<br/>The starvation took the joy and life from your face<br/>Never again will there be of you, even a trace<br/>Joe Michael Solomon
Haitian Beauty
tag:ipeace.us,2010-02-27:2217368:BlogPost:2458060
2010-02-27T07:15:29.000Z
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Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br/>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br/>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br/>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br/>The vision of understated elegance<br/>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br/>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br/>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br/>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br/>Your presence and posture are just right<br/>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br/>You cry openly every time you feel<br/>Yet there is a dignity so strong<br/>Old-fashioned lace and iron-fisted grace<br/>The facts belie an altogether indignant trace<br/>The disdain of the failures of the human race<br/>Unique, as in Fabrege eggs and Monet<br/>You are overly complex, as they say<br/>Lovely and feminine all at the same time<br/>I adore you and remember you as sublime<br/>Gone now to another better place<br/>Gone now to be part of another race<br/>The starvation took the joy and life from your face<br/>Never again will there be of you, even a trace<br/>Joe Michael Solomon
I will live as long as I can!!
tag:ipeace.us,2010-02-22:2217368:BlogPost:2451564
2010-02-22T10:30:22.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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<div><font size="4">I will live as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I need to see things I love grow</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I need to bring relief to those I know</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">with Charities and good work to bestow</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">My children need to…</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I need to see things I love grow</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I need to bring relief to those I know</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">with Charities and good work to bestow</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">My children need to know</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4"><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">I wonder the meaning of life</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Without meaning there is strife</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4">To get to see grandchildren</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">To watch children of the world better to that end</font></div>
<div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4">What the meaning of life can be</font></div>
<div><div><font size="4">I will live as long as I can</font></div>
<div><font size="4">The meaning is in the journey</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Joe Michael Solomon</font></div>
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Haitian Love
tag:ipeace.us,2010-01-21:2217368:BlogPost:2404076
2010-01-21T22:09:17.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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The world cries as Haitians die<br />
When we are motivated passions fly<br />
Government bureaucracies interfere with supplies<br />
as little Haitian children die<br />
<br />
We deal with tragedies one at a time to<br />
We help wherever and whenever it's true<br />
But lives are lost in the bat of an eye<br />
The world shakes an we wonder why?<br />
<br />
Food and water , medicine and supplies<br />
As Haitians bleed and many died<br />
We need to provide a way to survive<br />
Roads and airports houses and pride<br />
<br />
So give your money as much as you can<br />
A little from…
The world cries as Haitians die<br />
When we are motivated passions fly<br />
Government bureaucracies interfere with supplies<br />
as little Haitian children die<br />
<br />
We deal with tragedies one at a time to<br />
We help wherever and whenever it's true<br />
But lives are lost in the bat of an eye<br />
The world shakes an we wonder why?<br />
<br />
Food and water , medicine and supplies<br />
As Haitians bleed and many died<br />
We need to provide a way to survive<br />
Roads and airports houses and pride<br />
<br />
So give your money as much as you can<br />
A little from many will win in the end<br />
Feel good about yourselves as money helps mend<br />
The Haitians and GD thank you my friends
CAPITAISM>>>CAPITALISM>>>CAPITALISM>>>
tag:ipeace.us,2009-10-29:2217368:BlogPost:2193364
2009-10-29T10:13:15.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Insurance companies rob the gold teeth<br />
From the old sick and infirm beyond belief<br />
They over charge refuse service to the poor<br />
Defraud people out of their homes not insured<br />
WE can't continue to close our eyes... Read More<br />
When coverage as needed gets denied<br />
Prior conditions are the reason why<br />
AS BIG INSURANCE KILLS AND TELLS LIES<br />
Right your congress woman to deaf ears<br />
They have been taking contributions for 8 years<br />
Forget the old and look at the poor<br />
They can't be denied care anymore<br />
The…
Insurance companies rob the gold teeth<br />
From the old sick and infirm beyond belief<br />
They over charge refuse service to the poor<br />
Defraud people out of their homes not insured<br />
WE can't continue to close our eyes... Read More<br />
When coverage as needed gets denied<br />
Prior conditions are the reason why<br />
AS BIG INSURANCE KILLS AND TELLS LIES<br />
Right your congress woman to deaf ears<br />
They have been taking contributions for 8 years<br />
Forget the old and look at the poor<br />
They can't be denied care anymore<br />
The prescriptions needed to live for sure<br />
Are denied because they can be once more<br />
CAPITALISM doesn't mean fraud and denial<br />
Integrity isn't delivered in death with a smile<br />
Emergency care denied,there is no advocate's wile<br />
We were all immigrants once down the river Nile<br />
CAPITALISM>>> CAPITALISM>>> =GREED<br />
CHANGE >>> CHANGE>>> = NEED>>> NEED<br />
JOE MICHAEL SOLOMON
Wake Up!!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-10-24:2217368:BlogPost:2175260
2009-10-24T23:51:43.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Certain people get to go through life as if they deserve more<br />
They seem to have all that anyone could want but keep score<br />
They want their taxes lowered and talk about trickle down<br />
They ship their production overseas and sell it all around<br />
<br />
When the country aches they complain about big government<br />
When the people are in pain they plan health care decent<br />
They live in wealthy area's were they gather to talk of life<br />
Keeping up with the Jones is their only form of strife<br />
<br />
God and country are claimed…
Certain people get to go through life as if they deserve more<br />
They seem to have all that anyone could want but keep score<br />
They want their taxes lowered and talk about trickle down<br />
They ship their production overseas and sell it all around<br />
<br />
When the country aches they complain about big government<br />
When the people are in pain they plan health care decent<br />
They live in wealthy area's were they gather to talk of life<br />
Keeping up with the Jones is their only form of strife<br />
<br />
God and country are claimed while screaming out loud<br />
Little children suffer and soldiers die but yet they are proud<br />
There eyes wide open only poverty trickles down<br />
They pray to God to take care of their families crowns<br />
<br />
How did wet to this greedy closed minded state<br />
What in the name of God did their greed create<br />
Immigrants as we all are back to our roots<br />
Starve in the streets adding millions to boot<br />
<br />
Wake up I shout at the top of my lungs<br />
The more one gives the more we get done<br />
The environment cries and we all close our eyes<br />
Our children will live in a world they despise
Health Care Denied!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-10-22:2217368:BlogPost:2162982
2009-10-22T01:34:59.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Lack of health care can force a single Mother into bankruptcy<br />
Poverty and no job can lead to depression and suicide<br />
Hard working people with one days bad luck can be homeless<br />
On going strife caused by the callas I can no longer abide.<br />
<br />
Health care for all should be a right<br />
How can we object because that recipients are poor?<br />
What can we do to protect children and more?<br />
Why do politicians protect insurance companies for?<br />
<br />
I've had to fight insurance companies for what's right<br />
I've been denied…
Lack of health care can force a single Mother into bankruptcy<br />
Poverty and no job can lead to depression and suicide<br />
Hard working people with one days bad luck can be homeless<br />
On going strife caused by the callas I can no longer abide.<br />
<br />
Health care for all should be a right<br />
How can we object because that recipients are poor?<br />
What can we do to protect children and more?<br />
Why do politicians protect insurance companies for?<br />
<br />
I've had to fight insurance companies for what's right<br />
I've been denied insurance for previous conditions<br />
I'm my own advocate and ready for a fight<br />
Poor hard working people have a very different plight<br />
<br />
Give your support don't hide in greed<br />
Give to your neighbor who might be in sight<br />
Don't treat disease in emergency status<br />
Or we will destroy the meaning of our Bill of Rights
Giving
tag:ipeace.us,2009-10-18:2217368:BlogPost:2149233
2009-10-18T16:41:47.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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I am home alone this morning waking slowly<br />
My only son is at a friends gone from this house<br />
I'm slowly beginning the day with a cup of Joe<br />
Looking through the windows to see as around I grouse<br />
<br />
Quietly, Contemplatively, I enter the world gently<br />
There is a part of me that wants to live it all again<br />
There is a part of me that wants to go around the bend<br />
I know what I have done and what I want to do in the end<br />
<br />
I want to see beauty and reflect as a young man can't<br />
The sunset in the desert,…
I am home alone this morning waking slowly<br />
My only son is at a friends gone from this house<br />
I'm slowly beginning the day with a cup of Joe<br />
Looking through the windows to see as around I grouse<br />
<br />
Quietly, Contemplatively, I enter the world gently<br />
There is a part of me that wants to live it all again<br />
There is a part of me that wants to go around the bend<br />
I know what I have done and what I want to do in the end<br />
<br />
I want to see beauty and reflect as a young man can't<br />
The sunset in the desert, lightening storms by the beach<br />
Cathedrals in Cities and jungles that can't be reached<br />
With thoughts so simple that one could never teach<br />
<br />
And yet my memory serves me so,<br />
Like a painter, in my thoughts, I can go<br />
Yet I can't just go, I have so much more to do, I know<br />
To see joy in others I must give to make it so<br />
<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
Peace Bestowed , in verse
tag:ipeace.us,2009-10-17:2217368:BlogPost:2147191
2009-10-17T23:19:51.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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I wonder how the world can be so angry<br />
As I see beauty every where I look<br />
When history has shown man less than<br />
Art replicating life is so beautiful it can't be mistook<br />
<br />
As I stare at purple mountains majesty in a desert sunset<br />
The Grand Canyons majesty as if it were painted before my feet<br />
The Rocky Mountains at Dusk in Autumn in bluish hues<br />
I wonder still what motivates man to create death and deceit<br />
<br />
War fought in a land so barren that it was never habitable<br />
Lives lost , women and children who…
I wonder how the world can be so angry<br />
As I see beauty every where I look<br />
When history has shown man less than<br />
Art replicating life is so beautiful it can't be mistook<br />
<br />
As I stare at purple mountains majesty in a desert sunset<br />
The Grand Canyons majesty as if it were painted before my feet<br />
The Rocky Mountains at Dusk in Autumn in bluish hues<br />
I wonder still what motivates man to create death and deceit<br />
<br />
War fought in a land so barren that it was never habitable<br />
Lives lost , women and children who had no choices<br />
Careful building destroyed by mans bombs<br />
Bent and broken children who never had voices<br />
<br />
And yet the beauty is there to see for free<br />
Everywhere one looks it is as if natures pallet flows<br />
Water over rocks in time leave softened edges in its stay<br />
Perhaps one day we will all have peace bestowed!
Imagine; By: John lennon
tag:ipeace.us,2009-09-24:2217368:BlogPost:2071816
2009-09-24T05:09:57.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Imagine there's no Heaven<br />
It's easy if you try<br />
No hell below us<br />
Above us only sky<br />
Imagine all the people<br />
Living for today<br />
<br />
Imagine there's no countries<br />
It isn't hard to do<br />
Nothing to kill or die for<br />
And no religion too<br />
Imagine all the people<br />
Living life in peace<br />
<br />
You may say that I'm a dreamer<br />
But I'm not the only one<br />
I hope someday you'll join us<br />
And the world will be as one<br />
<br />
Imagine no possessions<br />
I wonder if you can<br />
No need for greed or hunger<br />
A brotherhood of man<br />
Imagine all the…
Imagine there's no Heaven<br />
It's easy if you try<br />
No hell below us<br />
Above us only sky<br />
Imagine all the people<br />
Living for today<br />
<br />
Imagine there's no countries<br />
It isn't hard to do<br />
Nothing to kill or die for<br />
And no religion too<br />
Imagine all the people<br />
Living life in peace<br />
<br />
You may say that I'm a dreamer<br />
But I'm not the only one<br />
I hope someday you'll join us<br />
And the world will be as one<br />
<br />
Imagine no possessions<br />
I wonder if you can<br />
No need for greed or hunger<br />
A brotherhood of man<br />
Imagine all the people<br />
Sharing all the world<br />
<br />
You may say that I'm a dreamer<br />
But I'm not the only one<br />
I hope someday you'll join us<br />
And the world will live as one
Now is the Time!!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-09-24:2217368:BlogPost:2071342
2009-09-24T00:38:15.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Trust Obama to bring about peace<br />
Never let politics make you weak<br />
He put his Presidency on the line<br />
He is talking peace just in time<br />
Reaching out to friends and foes<br />
Not letting history stop when we must go<br />
Ending wars won't ever be easy<br />
Our promisses have left us quezee<br />
We must get out safely and in time<br />
Protecting civil liberty as in kind<br />
Stop killing our boys in empty wars<br />
As our debt chokes us and soars<br />
Screem to you congressmen now<br />
While the issue is hot and how<br />
write and phone your…
Trust Obama to bring about peace<br />
Never let politics make you weak<br />
He put his Presidency on the line<br />
He is talking peace just in time<br />
Reaching out to friends and foes<br />
Not letting history stop when we must go<br />
Ending wars won't ever be easy<br />
Our promisses have left us quezee<br />
We must get out safely and in time<br />
Protecting civil liberty as in kind<br />
Stop killing our boys in empty wars<br />
As our debt chokes us and soars<br />
Screem to you congressmen now<br />
While the issue is hot and how<br />
write and phone your message in<br />
This Afgan war, we can't win<br />
Let the terrorists and the world know<br />
We will end their time as we go<br />
But leave we must with our heads held high<br />
We shouuld never have been there by and by<br />
They call him weak for being honest too<br />
They dismiss his actions through to you<br />
Let your voices for peace ring<br />
Let peace be what this can bring!
911
tag:ipeace.us,2009-09-11:2217368:BlogPost:2034403
2009-09-11T17:30:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Our country our world is divided and dangerous<br />
We make decisions under the illusion of freedom for us<br />
We are not free but we do have rights and so<br />
Those inalienable rights are guaranteed and important to Know<br />
<br />
We are innocent until proven guilty but we have tortured<br />
We occupy other countries under laws ignored<br />
When will old men save lives of young men in law<br />
What will it take to believe others without war<br />
<br />
Giving to others is a part our heritage our culture<br />
Helping to educate, feed, clothe and…
Our country our world is divided and dangerous<br />
We make decisions under the illusion of freedom for us<br />
We are not free but we do have rights and so<br />
Those inalienable rights are guaranteed and important to Know<br />
<br />
We are innocent until proven guilty but we have tortured<br />
We occupy other countries under laws ignored<br />
When will old men save lives of young men in law<br />
What will it take to believe others without war<br />
<br />
Giving to others is a part our heritage our culture<br />
Helping to educate, feed, clothe and shelter<br />
What do we in war corrupts us four sure<br />
The greed and or vitriol that majorities ignore<br />
<br />
What divine right destroys countries's homes and children<br />
Rhetoric blown out of proportion about others freedom<br />
Patience and living should serve as an example as told<br />
Greed for power and control as money has distorted goals<br />
<br />
9-11 has reminded me of our pride and what we protected<br />
The bravery and loss of life for senseless killing we protested<br />
Chasing Terrorists all over as they should be detested<br />
Raising consciousness so we will never be bested<br />
<br />
Remember why we are here and keep the bar low<br />
We reap what we sow the bible tells us so<br />
We must give and teach the best that we know!<br />
Relying on goodness not greed as we go<br />
<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
Ted Kennedy:: Rest In Peace
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-26:2217368:BlogPost:1981694
2009-08-26T07:50:41.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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When the world needs a sunset<br />
A begining of the end of unrest<br />
Think of the soliers, The Lions of life<br />
The Kennedy's gave blood and their lives<br />
To the service of our country's endless needs<br />
For this and so much more we are numb, we heed<br />
Their wor...ds and actions for decades together<br />
Their memmories will serve our country forever
When the world needs a sunset<br />
A begining of the end of unrest<br />
Think of the soliers, The Lions of life<br />
The Kennedy's gave blood and their lives<br />
To the service of our country's endless needs<br />
For this and so much more we are numb, we heed<br />
Their wor...ds and actions for decades together<br />
Their memmories will serve our country forever
in 1969
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-18:2217368:BlogPost:1955227
2009-08-18T00:13:04.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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The Beatles & Stones were the rage<br />
Marched for peace sung on stage<br />
Back from Nam to see how to change<br />
Building a company seemed so strange<br />
<br />
Prayed for Martin more then once<br />
There was never going to be a free lunch<br />
Lost my hero's gunned down in blazes<br />
Lost my brain in woodstock hazes<br />
<br />
Did we accomplish at the end of the day<br />
The Doors and drugs blew minds away.<br />
Lost our focus and our causes<br />
People had to die to add some clauses<br />
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40 years later were still killing children<br />
Our young men die…
The Beatles & Stones were the rage<br />
Marched for peace sung on stage<br />
Back from Nam to see how to change<br />
Building a company seemed so strange<br />
<br />
Prayed for Martin more then once<br />
There was never going to be a free lunch<br />
Lost my hero's gunned down in blazes<br />
Lost my brain in woodstock hazes<br />
<br />
Did we accomplish at the end of the day<br />
The Doors and drugs blew minds away.<br />
Lost our focus and our causes<br />
People had to die to add some clauses<br />
<br />
40 years later were still killing children<br />
Our young men die trying to defend<br />
A country that has seemed to lose it's goals<br />
Democracy works slowly don't lose your soul<br />
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PEACE AND LOVE<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
Learning In Kind
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-07:2217368:BlogPost:1923293
2009-08-07T07:07:57.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
As I try to see what I have done.<br />
For the first time I am trying to motivate some<br />
Friends that were strangers to discussion groups come<br />
I find that people are interested in all sorts of topics<br />
Some come form Sweden and some are physiologists<br />
Pakistan needs so much help and so do the Tropics<br />
Africa is in turmoil to an extent that is catastrophic<br />
I know not what I am trying to do<br />
Or where this will lead to<br />
Scary to know how little I know<br />
I wade through the worlds pain with people in tow<br />
I pray…
As I try to see what I have done.<br />
For the first time I am trying to motivate some<br />
Friends that were strangers to discussion groups come<br />
I find that people are interested in all sorts of topics<br />
Some come form Sweden and some are physiologists<br />
Pakistan needs so much help and so do the Tropics<br />
Africa is in turmoil to an extent that is catastrophic<br />
I know not what I am trying to do<br />
Or where this will lead to<br />
Scary to know how little I know<br />
I wade through the worlds pain with people in tow<br />
I pray for guidance as I can't know what to do<br />
So I Listen and learn from all of you.<br />
A little voice inside says stay here<br />
Another day or year your journey will be clear<br />
<br />
Namaste<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
Personal Price for Peace
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-04:2217368:BlogPost:1915807
2009-08-04T08:33:36.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
Once a soldier cried out for peace<br />
His voice was little and he felt weak<br />
Go to fight communism they said<br />
His bunk mate took a bullet in his head<br />
All around the area in Vietnam they patrolled<br />
For months they did what they were told<br />
Heads and bodies once vibrant and strong<br />
Were dead , bent or broken in throngs<br />
257 in company E<br />
21 left for all to see<br />
Home and confused that nothing was done<br />
My people treated me like scum<br />
For the destruction of villages of women and children<br />
Ashamed he went hidden…
Once a soldier cried out for peace<br />
His voice was little and he felt weak<br />
Go to fight communism they said<br />
His bunk mate took a bullet in his head<br />
All around the area in Vietnam they patrolled<br />
For months they did what they were told<br />
Heads and bodies once vibrant and strong<br />
Were dead , bent or broken in throngs<br />
257 in company E<br />
21 left for all to see<br />
Home and confused that nothing was done<br />
My people treated me like scum<br />
For the destruction of villages of women and children<br />
Ashamed he went hidden and never looked up again<br />
There is no answer to an old mans war<br />
Stay home make peace and try some more<br />
finally today my son joined the Peace Corp<br />
He will try to rectify my sins<br />
His love and my peace are finally a win!<br />
<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
Poem: Child of poverty, Child of grace!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-04:2217368:BlogPost:1915628
2009-08-04T06:30:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br></br>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br></br>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br></br>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br></br>The vision of understated elegance<br></br>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br></br>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br></br>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br></br>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br></br>Your presence and posture are just right<br></br>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br></br>You cry…
Essence as in presence is a dominating trait<br/>Bearer wears their halo with eternal grace<br/>Ever present you are, untouchable at times<br/>Undefinable, but it fills my mind<br/>The vision of understated elegance<br/>Put together quietly, but not by chance<br/>The smell of gardenias fill the air<br/>A glint of light twirls from your hair<br/>Beauty, but much more, as that alone is trite<br/>Your presence and posture are just right<br/>Your emotions are on your sleeve and real<br/>You cry openly every time you feel<br/>Yet there is a dignity so strong<br/>Old-fashioned lace and iron-fisted grace<br/>The facts belie an altogether indignant trace<br/>The disdain of the failures of the human race<br/>Unique, as in Fabrege eggs and Monet<br/>You are overly complex, as they say<br/>Lovely and feminine all at the same time<br/>I adore you and remember you as sublime<br/>Gone now to another better place<br/>Gone now to be part of another race<br/>The starvation took the joy and life from your face<br/>Never again will there be of you, even a trace<br/>Joe Michael Solomon
You Will feel Beter I Swear!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-08-02:2217368:BlogPost:1911065
2009-08-02T14:30:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
Get off your computer and give<br />
Walk with your legs and let live<br />
Give a sandwich, give a shirt<br />
Give a little more until it hurts<br />
To many groups and too much talk<br />
Stop talking and walk the walk<br />
Freedom seekers lay down your lives<br />
Give your time or a dime so freedom thrives<br />
Bloated conversations and spirited speach<br />
May constipate your soul until you deep reach<br />
Get off you Arses and go to the street<br />
help a child breath and meet & greet<br />
Live in God's name even when it hurts<br />
Give in the name of…
Get off your computer and give<br />
Walk with your legs and let live<br />
Give a sandwich, give a shirt<br />
Give a little more until it hurts<br />
To many groups and too much talk<br />
Stop talking and walk the walk<br />
Freedom seekers lay down your lives<br />
Give your time or a dime so freedom thrives<br />
Bloated conversations and spirited speach<br />
May constipate your soul until you deep reach<br />
Get off you Arses and go to the street<br />
help a child breath and meet & greet<br />
Live in God's name even when it hurts<br />
Give in the name of God in even bursts<br />
Get soul back in life or you speak in vain<br />
Constipated paralysis with no one else to blame<br />
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<br />
Joe Michael Solomon
THE CHILDREN WAIT FOR YOU!!!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-07-24:2217368:BlogPost:1877410
2009-07-24T10:21:32.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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There is no time to get involved just do<br />
The children wait for you<br />
Barefeet and stomachs protruding through<br />
They look, hope, cry and wait too<br />
A little food some clothes a smile or two<br />
The children wait for you<br />
Thousands die as they wait and still there is no you<br />
Haunted eyes looking into the camara what to do<br />
You Give what you can anywhere; that's true<br />
Give more directedly acknowlege it's in liu<br />
You don't really care enough do YOU<br />
The children wait for you<br />
You don't really care because little…
There is no time to get involved just do<br />
The children wait for you<br />
Barefeet and stomachs protruding through<br />
They look, hope, cry and wait too<br />
A little food some clothes a smile or two<br />
The children wait for you<br />
Thousands die as they wait and still there is no you<br />
Haunted eyes looking into the camara what to do<br />
You Give what you can anywhere; that's true<br />
Give more directedly acknowlege it's in liu<br />
You don't really care enough do YOU<br />
The children wait for you<br />
You don't really care because little Nancy has needs too<br />
The children wiat for you<br />
Pestilence, plague, AIDS, it's all true<br />
The chilren wait for you YOU YOU YOU!!!
just two poems that are hopefully provocative and cause comments
tag:ipeace.us,2009-07-23:2217368:BlogPost:1873180
2009-07-23T01:00:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
1<br />
The barefoot child lives no longer in my heart<br />
They live in my eyes<br />
As worldwide poverty grows in devatating numbers<br />
1000 + children with barefeet, today dies<br />
10cents on every dollar given disapeers into the night<br />
Barefoot children shutter in spite<br />
The smiles that defeat the camara are non-existent more<br />
The death from desease and ravages of war<br />
Help one child at a time and no one can say more<br />
Do one not nothing if you can justify four<br />
220 years ago my forfathers four score<br />
Toady is the day we…
1<br />
The barefoot child lives no longer in my heart<br />
They live in my eyes<br />
As worldwide poverty grows in devatating numbers<br />
1000 + children with barefeet, today dies<br />
10cents on every dollar given disapeers into the night<br />
Barefoot children shutter in spite<br />
The smiles that defeat the camara are non-existent more<br />
The death from desease and ravages of war<br />
Help one child at a time and no one can say more<br />
Do one not nothing if you can justify four<br />
220 years ago my forfathers four score<br />
Toady is the day we need individual effort against torture<br />
2<br />
Life is what happens as I think about tomorrow<br />
Sometimes I dwell on the moment without enjoying it<br />
Never has life brought itself to such a slow show<br />
Never has time diminished its importance a bit<br />
One last chance to a metamorphosis<br />
One last chance to survive<br />
With time spent becoming well from Illness<br />
With a zest for life that feels so alive<br />
A brass ring is no longer the object of the ride<br />
Just being on the merry go round for five<br />
No loss of enthusiasm just more respect I decide<br />
As the ride slows enough for thought about being alive<br />
Doing for others is the dream of the day<br />
Reflections many I can give away<br />
Joe M Solomon<br />
Copyright ©2009 Joe M Solomon
Softened Edges
tag:ipeace.us,2009-07-16:2217368:BlogPost:1850264
2009-07-16T16:26:06.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
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Old issues seam to melt away.<br />
Soft water falls from rough rocks over time.<br />
Leaving smooth edges in their stay<br />
As beautiful rainbows play<br />
Under the waterfall of life<br />
As our life's energy drifts down<br />
Passing of time and strife<br />
Creating peace at last loves crown<br />
Only destiny awaits<br />
Life's long and endless chase<br />
Slowly now, don't want to be late<br />
Meeting my God or my fate<br />
Has no meaning without unconditional love<br />
For my God and my 3 children<br />
I pray to parents long above<br />
For the strength to be worthy…
Old issues seam to melt away.<br />
Soft water falls from rough rocks over time.<br />
Leaving smooth edges in their stay<br />
As beautiful rainbows play<br />
Under the waterfall of life<br />
As our life's energy drifts down<br />
Passing of time and strife<br />
Creating peace at last loves crown<br />
Only destiny awaits<br />
Life's long and endless chase<br />
Slowly now, don't want to be late<br />
Meeting my God or my fate<br />
Has no meaning without unconditional love<br />
For my God and my 3 children<br />
I pray to parents long above<br />
For the strength to be worthy Then<br />
Joe Michael Solomon<br />
Copyright ©2009 Joe Michael Solomon
We Must remeber our crimes :: History can teach us what not to do!
tag:ipeace.us,2009-07-04:2217368:BlogPost:1817805
2009-07-04T13:00:00.000Z
Joe Michael Solomon
https://ipeace.us/profile/JoeMichaelSolomon
The Meaning of the 4th of July to the American Father Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Glenn Sacks in All News, Society and Culture, US News, Read 1,261 times<br />
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.“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are…
The Meaning of the 4th of July to the American Father Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Glenn Sacks in All News, Society and Culture, US News, Read 1,261 times<br />
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.“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy-a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour. “Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.”–from abolitionist <b>Frederick Douglass’</b> speech “The Meaning of the 4th of July to the American Negro.”