and upon happening behind
this van covered in peace and love
and words galore
complete with notes
“listen to your mother” – love, mom
“make good choices” – love, dad
and a peace sign and a smile
flashed to me by the driver
when finally side by side
i knew i was at my exit
and almost home.
—
“there are a thousand thoughts lying within a man
that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. ”
-william makepeace thackeray
—
“nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”
-mahatma gandhi
yes, that is
a cookie groundhog
with a chocolate chip face
popping out of a bagel hole
covered in cream cheese snow
sprinkled with smashed up wafer cookie dirt .
—
in honor of world poetry day (yesterday)
and groundhog day (in february)
and bread and peace. (everyday)
—
“peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.”
-pablo neruda
what a lovely day for a walk in ann arbor
with some of my friends and neighbors
“today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light
chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt,
and then the shadow sweeps it away. you know you’re alive. you take huge steps,
trying to feel the planet’s roundness arc between your feet.”
― annie dillard
—
image 1 credit: ann arbor townies
“women hold up half the sky. “
-mao zedong
—
image credit: google images
“a crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. “
~Aesop
ann arbor’s mayor chris taylor,
supporting
the childrens’ peace and unity march.
i am so proud of my city
and
the compassionate hearts within.
—
“master the divine techniques of the art of peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.”
— ueshiba
super moon shining through the trees
—
“and when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me.
shine until tomorrow, let it be.’
-john lennon
“we must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war
but the positive affirmation of peace.”
-martin luther king, jr.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 