PEACE POEM INSPIRED BY THE
GOLDEN RULE
PEACE
POETRY TEAM Contact:
Nate Lomba: nslomba@reninet.com
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Honors in the 2nd
Annul Redwood Coast Peace Poetry Contest went
to Amy Fontaine for her poem
inspired by the Golden Rule.
Amy gave a stirring reading of her poem at the May
6, 2011, Peace Poetry
Celebration.
Here, then, is her note of introduction and poem. (Photo taken March
4th, 2012 at Golden Rule "Whiskey Plank"
Party, as Amy read her poem before the attendees.) |
Dear Veterans For Peace,
Hello! My name is Amy Fontaine, and I
am a senior at McKinleyville High School.
Attached is my entry for your Peace Poetry Contest. I wrote my poem
about VFP's local efforts to restore the
peace-ship Golden Rule; I
read an article about the project
in the Eureka, California, Times-Standard
newspaper and it moved
me deeply. The poem, "Serenity Sets Sail," was the result.
Thank you for raising awareness of
peace efforts in our community.
Sincerely,
Amy Fontaine (February 4, 2011)
Serenity
Sets Sail
The Golden Rule
swings out into
sparkling Humboldt Bay
waters,
with the wind in her sails
and deep-tree vitality
breathed anew into her weathered masts.
Former soldiers
as patient as the redwoods
found a way
to give her wings again.
She shimmers
across the surface
like a pond-skipping
dragonfly,
away towards our dreams
on some unforeseen shore.
Really,
none of us lives
for tooth and claw,
arrow and scar.
We live for the scent
of sunlit grass,
for a young child’s laugh
upon seeing a snail
for the first time.
And this little boat
keeps her promise to the sunset,
venturing into the horizon
on her mission of peace.
Our hearts
go with her.
© 2011 by Amy Fontaine (with license to reprint granted
to VFP)
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