Welcome to Writing for Peace!
Writing for Peace is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating empathy through education and creative writing in order to develop a foundation of compassion on which to build a more peaceful world. Our goal is to inspire and guide young writers to refine their craft and to consider the many ways their writing focus can bring us closer to nonviolent conflict resolution, a society that values human rights, as well as environmental and economic sustainability.
Writing for Peace offers:
- Annual Young Writers’ Contest
- DoveTales, An International Journal of the Arts
- Role Models, Our Advisory Panel members offer regular blog posts
- Recommended Reading
- Writing Craft Tips
- Annual Youth Summit
- Peace Journalism
- Periodic Readings and Events
- Links to other relevant programs, resources, and inspiration
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Peace is an easy path to tread
Peace is where our fears are mislaid
Peace is beginning to restore
peace for each man and women and children
peace for the troubled streets gone wild
peace is the old and young
peace in the end will overcome
peace builds trust into a lifestyle
peace is a friendly open hand
peace is a place to understand
peace is a legacy to leave
peace is when we do not have to grieve
peace is why we negotiate
peace is an end to all the hate
peace for all the victims of war.
War – Again and Ongoing
by Brian Wrixon
War – again and ongoing, man always at war
Every dark conflict of ours creates a deeper night
Eyes to gun-sights and fingers to triggers
A distant rumble and the ground moves again
Doom breathes its way past the fallen dead
Those who deliver raining death from above
Sweep past overhead in the night sky
The horizon is bright as their payload explodes
And the cries of the collaterally damaged
Are heard moaning on a passing breeze
Will we never learn?
Why cannot our century behave?
Surely the Creator must rail against what we do
An inspiring website and a much needed program to connect and communicate peace lovers internationally! COngrats on starting this organization! Joy