Peace Can Be Transcended
POETRY FORMAT, 5 Oct 2015
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
Rhymed Reflection
PEACE CAN BE TRANSCENDED
when globally dignity on Earth is ascended
PEACE CAN BE TRANSCENDED
when globally all forms of humiliation are ended
PEACE CAN BE TRANSCENDED
when globally for schools a Global Peace Literacy is intended
PEACE CAN BE TRANSCENDED
when globally peoples/nations are mutually comprehended
PEACE CAN BE TRANSCENDED
when by the United Nations the integrated application of
PEACE+NONVIOLENCE+NONKILLING principles
is globally recommended
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN PEACE WE TRANSCEND?
To human compassion-dignity there will be no end
Globally, the wrongs, injustice and inhumanity we will amend
and Peace, Nonviolence, and Nonkilling we will courageously blend.
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Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom Hélder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, Associação Brasil América (www.abaweb.org). He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.
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