At the risk of being accused of naivete, I do believe — I assert — that poetry can be a vehicle for change and peace amid war and other conflicts. Robert Bly and Denise Levertov influenced ...

War poetry is often read as history by proxy and ... did its awesome threat actually save lives? WW1: Does the peace that ended the war haunt us today? documentWW1: Does the peace that ended ...

Poems with a darker outlook in the third edition ... all parts of the land, and peace & war, young & old — the wonder to me that I have carried it on to accomplish as essentially as it is ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Students in Alachua County are getting the chance to promote peace with their penmanship. The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace is hosting a poetry competition.

Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and ...