Thank you to Robert Okaji for reblogging this project! Also, many thanks to its creator, M. Zane McClellan, and its generous host at forgottenmeadows.
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Hello Everyone,
This collaboration is initiated by my talented friend Michael (M. Zane McClellan) from the poetry channel and will be hosted here on forgottenmeadows. Many wonderful bloggers like Marie (https://writingwingsforyou.com/), Kim (https://zipsrid.wordpress.com/) and others have helped in putting this together and spreading the word out. The deadline for contribution is August 31st, 2016! I urge you to help us make this creative effort successful by joining in.Below is Michael’s message:
“In response to the recent unceasing, and, in fact escalating global violence, we have seen and felt a corresponding surge in poetry about it.
We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to share your thoughts and feelings, a piece of yourself, to add to other Poets from around the world. We are hopeful that the combined weight of our collective spirit and wisdom will be felt worldwide as well.
The…
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SLHARPERPOETRY 
Thank you so much, Stephanie. Both for your lovely poem you contributed, and for reblogging the post in support of the collaboration. I appreciate you.
Peace,
Michael
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It was my absolute privilege to take part in this collaboration, Michael! It is a brilliant, beautiful way for us to show solidarity and strength in the face of so much ugliness.
Les mechants pourraient avoir des pistolets, mais nous avons des mots…
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Et le plus puissant de plume que TGE épée
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Sorry. I Google translated since my high school French has long ago left me. What I meant was,
And.the pen mightier than the sword
Peace,
Michael
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Lol! I couldn’t have said it better, myself! My French is not only not what it used to be… It actually never was… 😉
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