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Eighth-graders at Boardman’s Center Middle School composed poems about peace, reading them during a Wednesday United Nations Day assembly. The poems:

Peace Poem

By Frederic Ouimet

In the making of our history

As a human race we know no boundaries.

We fight for what we believe in

Not realizing the power we possess.

What we do is unimaginable,

The destruction created in enormous

Yet these things are happening everyday around us

Everyday we see the horror

Everyday people suffer

Why do we hate? Why do we fight?

Why can’t we come together as one nation to achieve the impossible

To bring the dream to life

To break all barriers

To become one world, one nation, one people?

Peace Poem

By Ryan Betts

Throughout all of history, countries had their urges

To bring harm to each other with bombs and surges

Buy why do we do these things to one another

Hurting innocent children and mothers?

I’ll tell you why, it’s a game of greed

Ignorant to the hungry mouths to feed

But I dream of one day, when through every trial

We will have peace, ‘cause peace is worthwhile

It will be peaceful, just like a vacation

Not having to worry for the future generation

I think that will be the day

When the skies above never turn gray

When I see the wars still today

Unnecessary; though needed some say

So while the triumph and failure play

I will wait and dream of that day.

Peace

By Dominic Zocolo

I had a dream last night

in it the people of the world didn’t fight.

No one cursed or hated one another,

Everyone was either a sister or brother.

I had a dream yesterday

in it there were no battlefields, only places to play.

No one starved and no one hated,

Nobody there was ever segregated.

I had a dream a few nights back

in it no small villages were raided or attacked.

No one had reason to be scared,

everybody there always did care.

I had a dream long ago

in it peace was a strong as a river’s flow.

Most dreams could never be,

but this one isn’t out of our reach.

Peace Poem

By Fletcher Dunham

In the world today, there is much war

It shakes the earth down to the core

People scrabble and nations battle

Even young children sometimes can tattle

People are being killed every day

Most of the time in horrible ways

But we are all people in the end

So a message of peace we must send

No more fighting, no more war

No more killing behind closed doors

All men are equal, we must unite

To forever stop this evil fight

All the killing and death must cease

As that the whole world can live in peace.

Who Are We to Blame?

By Laura Davis

The world consists of so many places,

So many people, colors and races.

We fight, we kill, we hurt, we yell,

Why all this happens, I can not tell.

Every country has customs of many kinds,

But they also have similarities at times.

We are all equal, and have the same fat,

So its our diversity that we should celebrate.

Instead of thinking about the wars we fought,

We should put the past behind us and start a mixing pot.

We are all human, and pretty much the same,

So instead of pointing our fingers at others,

who are we to blame?

Peaceful Minds

By Michael Witte

These words and thoughts of the people in which surrounds us constantly change.

But the person decided by their character will always remain.

The love and the hate is never set in stone, without the peace, you feel alone.

These peaceful minds that we all have and live, with all this hatred, it’s hard to forgive.

Everyone can easily relate, to all these people who discriminate.

This peace we all need at times can be blurry, just a little by little, there’s no need to hurry.

Most people think their peaceful minds are set, we get ahead of ourselves and we all forget.

It isn’t hard, these peaceful minds, it’s all around you, just follow the signs

...just stop for a second and listen, for these peaceful minds will always glisten.

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By Chelsea Osborn

Wake up in the morning

View the world around you

Take in all the problems and tragedies

All the possibilities.

One person, one change, one difference

That’s all you need

To bring the world one step closer

To the peace and love it needs.

You don’t have to do much; don’t go out of your way.

Just simply help someone brighten their day

Say hello; go out to play

Little do you know, you just made their day.

And even if you didn’t, please don’t sorrow

Because there will always be tomorrow

More people, more laughs, more fun, more hellos

Anywhere and everywhere you go.

In everyone took this step every day

The world would change in so many ways.

Peace is love; peace is dear

Embrace it whether you are far or near.