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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