1st Peace as a Global Language Conference Proceedings & Supplement

Six Peace Poems & Art Works
by T Newfields

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1. Moral Amnesia

"Anyone who closes his eyes to the past is blind to the present.
Whoever refuses to remember inhumanity is prone to risks of new infection."
- Richard von Weizsacker, 1985


Sum claim Guernica and Sarajevo were
n't bambed flat err thot
Auschitz end Battam
bang wure lies

Sum pratend the Nanking Messacre
was grussly exaggerated or d
at soldures in Viotram
didn't cummit ghastly crimes

Moril amnesia ramains an
amphetamine ta peace – fur only
by recognising pusst atro
cities kun violence c
ease

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Japanese Translation

Careful Now - an art work by T Newfields
Careful Now - an art work by T Newfields

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Disagreement - an art work by T Newfields
Disagreement - an art work by T Newfields

2. So Easy?

when
you forget dah past
& don't worry about dah future
life seems like a comfy escalator ride

when
yer body is healthy
& mind challenged
how simple it is ta be alive

but
when ya take a close look
at what's happenin'
around the planet

plati
tudes cr
ack

simpli
city is sm
ashed

what's
so easy about how
we fight 'n struggle
ta survive?


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