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Seeds of Peace
these warriors
of peace
the unstoppable
the brave
with resilience they fight
for the love of their families
to defend their homes
for the love of their land
to defend their liberty
they stand against tyranny
facing
not with their backs—but their faces.
because they know even if they vanish
no ammunition
no tank
no bomb
can destroy or take
their souls
because they know
the seeds of
their brave souls
will be scattered
and will continue to reseed
for the love of humanity,
for peace.
— Mitra Urich
Mitra Urich is an Iranian-American multimedia artist. Her work harmoniously merges realism and modernism, blending drawing, painting, collage, poetry and Persian Calligraphy to reflect on her experiences living between Middle Eastern and Western Cultures. Much of her work is an expression of her childhood memories, dreams, personal transformation and desires for global peace. Samimi-Urich runs the architectural design studio called Mitra Designs Collaborative. She lives and works in Bristol. Urich’s art can be found on Instagram @mitra.Samimiart.
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SUSAN JEFTS
There is little else to say that the poem doesn’t. The steadfast resistance, the seeding and reseeding of peace, the knowing of what lasts when it’s all over and what will be remembered. The Ukrainian people’s deep commitment and love for their country, for each other, for peace, for freedom. It’s all in the image of the image of the sunflower, their national flower. It’s in the music of Ukraine’s composers, art and poetry, and most of all in their choice to defend at great cost what they hold dear, which is the same that most of us hold dear as evidenced by the coming together of so many nations, even those at odds with each other, to stamp out what there is no longer a place or desire for in the world. To choose the Good, the True, and the Beautiful whenever possible, which is one thing we can all do in whatever way we can when faced with a choice in our own lives and hearts, and in the greater world.
Susan Jefts is a poet and editor from the Adirondacks and Vermont, whose poems have been published in numerous journals, most recently Quiet Diamonds by Orchard Street Press and Poems in the Time of Covid by Small Pond Press in Brattleboro. She runs workshops using poetry to deepen our experiences in nature, and of what we find sacred.
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