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You Say You Want Peace

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You say you want peace,

So silence your guns,

Roll back your tanks;

Don’t drop your bombs

Or send off drones.

Don’t mock the blood

Of the fallen,

Their savaged skulls

And shattered bones.

 

You say you want peace,

So unclench your fist.

You need to show

A little love,

And to be kind

And not to maim,

Destroy or kill.

But, sad to say,

I doubt you will.

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Stephen Gospage

Sat 31st Jan 2026 09:06

Thanks, Trevor.

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Trevor Alexander

Fri 30th Jan 2026 14:05

I have sadly concluded that the pool of world leaders today is overpopulated with oxymorons. The words that comeout of their mouths completely at odds with their actions.

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 30th Jan 2026 08:36

Thank you Uilleam, Graham and Greg. And my thanks to everyone who liked this poem.
We now hear that Putin, after a phone call from Trump, has offered to stop bombarding Ukraine for a few days because it is so cold. Even if he sticks to this, it probably means that Ukrainians can look forward to even more strikes once the weather warms up a bit (to about -10?)
Indeed, a tragic year since the lunatics took over the White House, with the framed picture that you mention, Greg, being capped only by the memory of Trump applauding his favourite war criminal as he arrived in Alaska.

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Greg Freeman

Thu 29th Jan 2026 08:21

Thank you, Steve, for continuing to remind us of what the population of Ukraine suffer, day after day, week upon week, year upon year. We now hear that Mr Moron has a framed picture of himself with Putin, in the White House.


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Graham Sherwood

Wed 28th Jan 2026 11:21

I’m beginning to think that good and evil are like the weather. They seem to range far and wide and have no real, sensible path. They seem unpredictable and wanton.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wed 28th Jan 2026 09:41

I suspect that 'Mr Moron' is suffering from a serious illness, similar to that which killed my sister...if so, I offer him my sympathy.

What I find horrifying is so-called 'sane' politicians in the USA who are pulling his strings; and hate-mongering hacks here in the UK are cheerleading the kind of rhetoric which has led to the deaths of two completely innocent Minnesotans.

Holocaust Memorial Day? Forget it!
Thank you Stephen.

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Stephen Gospage

Wed 28th Jan 2026 08:53

12 more innocents, including children and a pregnant woman, were killed by Russian strikes yesterday, and hundreds of thousands freeze due to attacks on infrastructure.
At the same time, 'peace negotiations' are taking place as Mr Moron urges 'make a deal'.

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