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Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “Love is...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:41:49 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”
~ Helen Keller

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:19 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:
“That’s what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.”
~ Jim Morrison
Rest in Peace Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek
(in glasses to right of Morrison)

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “Just...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:49 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

~ Hans Christian Andersen

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “Love is...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:51 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.”
~ John Lennon

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “Down...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:36:52 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“Down through all of eternity the crying of humanity, tis’ then when the hurdy gurdy man comes singing songs of love.”

~ Donovan

Voices FOR Peace: “When you’ve seen beyond yourself,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:34 -0400

Voices FOR Peace:
“When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.”
~ George Harrison

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:07 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:
“That’s all nonviolence is - organized love.”
~ Joan Baez

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “In order...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:32:55 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.”
~Jimi Hendrix

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: What the world...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:31:50 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.

~ Jackie DeShannon (written by Burt Bacharach)

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: Love is but the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:30 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

Love is but the song we sing,
And fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the wing
And you need not know why
C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev’rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moments sunlight
Fading in the grass
C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev’rybody get together
Try and love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command
C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Ev’rybody get together
Try and love one another right now Right now
~ Youngbloods (originally by the Kingston Trio)

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: Where have all...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:28:55 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

~ Peter, Paul & Mary (words & music by Pete Seeger)
pictured above on the far left

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May: “We are...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:46 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power in May:

“We are stardust
We are golden
And we’ve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden”

~ Joni Mitchell (Woodstock)

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Pete Seeger’s 94th birthday!...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:25:31 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Pete Seeger’s 94th birthday!

IF I HAD A HAMMER (The Hammer Song)
words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger

If I had a hammer
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I’d hammer out danger
I’d hammer out a warning
I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a bell
I’d ring it in the morning
I’d ring it in the evening
All over this land
I’d ring out danger
I’d ring out a warning
I’d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a song
I’d sing it in the morning
I’d sing it in the evening
All over this land
I’d sing out danger
I’d sing out a warning
I’d sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Well I’ve got a hammer
And I’ve got a bell
And I’ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice
It’s the bell of freedom
It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

©1958, 1962 (renewed), 1986 (renewed)
TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)

Voices FOR Peace celebrate Flower Power: How many roads most a...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:23:38 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrate Flower Power:

How many roads most a man walk down
Before you call him a man ?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand ?
Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

Yes, how many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea ?
Yes, how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free ?
Yes, how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

Yes, how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky ?
Yes, how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry ?
Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died ?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

~ Bob Dylan 1962

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power: “A flower cannot...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:22:21 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates Flower Power:
“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.”
~ Max Muller

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month: AMAZING PEACE...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:44 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month:

AMAZING PEACE by Maya Angelou

In our joy, we think we hear a whisper.
At first it is too soft. Then only half heard.
We listen carefully as it gathers strength.
We hear a sweetness.
The word is Peace.
It is loud now.
Louder than the explosion of bombs.

We tremble at the sound.
We are thrilled by its presence.
It is what we have hungered for.
Not just the absence of war. But true Peace.
A harmony of spirit, and comfort of courtesies.
Security for our beloveds and their beloveds.

We, Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers,
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud.
Peace. We look at each other, then into ourselves,
And we say without shyness or apology or hesitation:

Peace, My Brother.
Peace, My Sister.
Peace, My Soul.

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month & Earth...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:06 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month & Earth Day (all week):

in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it’s
spring
and

the

goat-footed

balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee

~ e.e. cummings

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month Misnomer by...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:46 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month

Misnomer by Denise Levertov

They speak of the art of war,
but the arts
draw their light from the soul’s well,
and warfare
dries up the soul and draws its power
from a dark and burning wasteland.
When Leonardo
set his genius to devising
machines of destruction he was not
acting in the service of art,
he was suspending
the life of art
over an abyss,
as if one were to hold
a living child out of an airplane window
at thirty thousand feet.

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month: Kiss The...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:21 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month:

Kiss The Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh

Walk and touch peace every moment.
Walk and touch happiness every moment.
Each step brings a fresh breeze.
Each step makes a flower bloom.
Kiss the Earth with your feet.
Bring the Earth your love and happiness.
The Earth will be safe
when we feel safe in ourselves.

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month: Today like...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:39 -0400

Voices FOR Peace celebrates National Poetry Month:

Today like every other day
We wake up empty and scared
Don’t open the door of your study
And begin reading.
Take down a musical instrument
let the beauty we love be what we do
There are a thousand ways to kneel
And kiss the earth.

~ Rumi