1. Night light of a bomb
You saw the past of Japan
Burdened with graveyards
And the graveyards grow
And there are wars tears cries
Prayer to the Sun
A cloud through a brook
Officers of eternal will
A premonition
You are all these things
A forest stream a warm night
Japan's history
A ghost-breath lights up
Compliments to the victor
Japan's mothers dream
— Tatjana Debeljacki
POETRY FOR PEACE CONTEST
2. All Poems Submitted to the Contest
Helle van Aardeberg Jaime Abbariao Shereen Abbas Marco Abbruscato
Paul Abellera Midori Abe Wendy Abreu Kathlyn Acevedo
Sambidhan Acharya Madison Acosta Abeku Adams Perry Addo Deji Adefila
Kolawole Adepoju Adjei Adjei-Baah Jailene Adorno I.K Adusei
Israt Ahmed Mahdia Ahmed Ashley Ahn Sajia Alaha Ahrar Kwame Aidoo
Eva Akinvall Elikplim Akorli Seher Akram Abdo Alawdi Francesco Alberico
Eleni Alexiou Hakim Alipoor Faidon Alkinoos Lynda Allen Amberly Almonte
Seratul Ambia Alwaz Amit George Amoah Parbattie Anant Reasmeiy Angkor
Bengt Jerker Anstrin Shadrack Appiah Geetakshi Arora Theodora Artas
Nana Asaase Ahbab Ashraf Omar Ashraf Edmund Baffour Awuah Volkan
Aydinoglu
Wilson Amooro Ayinbangya Natalia Ayres Sayeef Azgar Ayobayo J. Babade
Rohan Bader Afsane Bahar Kristina Bajic Nenad Bakaj Mohamed Bakr
Adham Bakr Anjicka Balaz Rashawn Baldwin Noemie Banaga
Ammar Banni Isaac Barayev Carlos Barbarito Lucia Barbera
Matthew Barron Sharon Bayantemur Ivan Bazyuk Fouzia Begum
Dante Bellotta Omar Benkerroum Jim Bennett Chéna Benson
Shanjeta Bhuiyan Zlata Bogovic Genesis Bonval Sandra Botha
Antonio Boyd James Bridge André Luis Bridi Zachary Bright Ximena Bringas
Katarzyna Brojakowska Kimson Bryant Mara Buck Jimmy Budis
Omari Burns Rania J Busada Mark Bustos Mac Campbell Mark Carrillo
Tomás Ó Cárthaigh Nicole Cayton Daniel Celis Ceridwen Laurent Chaineux
Amanda Chan Reon Chang Clairie Chatzigianni Emmanuel Chekumbe
Jessy Chen Yi-Hsin Chen Henry Cheng Yi Chen Nabin Kumar Chhetri
Virile Chittangsomboon Ashley Cho Prerana Choudhury Maheen Chowdhury
Farhat Chowdhury Tangila Chowdhury Zahra Chowdhury Jessica Chu
Jiakai Jeremy Chua Mikaela C Allison Hedge Coke Zhane Constantino
3. Edwin M. Cordevilla Laurie Corzett Donald Crane Courtney Crawford
Sophal Cresswell Jose Cubillos Katherine Cunalata Elias Dafoe
Nubi Kayode Damilare Adri Daniel Enrico Danna Stephen Larbi Darkoh
Thanaree Darncharnjitt William Davis Tatjana Debeljacki Jaylene Delgado
Vivian Delgado Brianna Dendy Antoine Desrosiers Kodjo Deynoo
Kyara Diaz Julie A. Dickson Fotios Dimitriadis Chris Diz
Michella Domenici Katherine Dominguez Emmi Doumit Kyle Du
Saiya Dumaran Barbara Duong Rosalis Duran Moinak Dutta Melissa Echevarria
Aifuwa Edosomwan Tanzina Eisha Dzisam Antoine Elikem Yaseer Elkhou
Rania Elmrini Marwa Elnagar Ahmed Elnawawy Robert Epstein
Bridgette Espinoza Yenifer Estevez Cole Larry Eubanks Maurizio Evangelista
Ivandra Felix Richard Fenner Abonti Ferdous Amber Fernandez
Christline Fernandez. Cameron Ferrol Celia Finnimore Jamie F
Indializ Flores Don Ford Angie Forero Raymond Foss Georja Fotiou
Ilias Foukis Michelle Frost Jenny Funston Zina Gacevic Amina Gacevic
Clinton Gachangi Georgina Galanis Vanessa Gapa Giancarlo Frank & Corey Garcia
Michelle Garcia Jelica Gavrilovic Stephanie Geier Selikem Geni
Eleni Georgiadis Phillip Georgiou Nadia Ghulam Petros Giannros
Anam Gill Delicia Gilling Sebastian Giraldo Marianna Glyfada
Ana María González Julia Gordon-Bramer Catherine Graham
Brindusa Luciana Grosu Edwin Gruda Michael Grullon Viktorija Gudina
Tiffany Guerrero Debbie Guzzi Katerina Hadjipavlis Laud Kweku Halm-Quartey
Nancy Hamill Max Hamilton Mohammad Hanif Fatema Haque Mohammed
Hashas
Chicoat Helm Maria Henriques Michelle G. Hernandez Patrick Hernandez
Tatianna Hernandez Charlax Hice Francina Saint Hilaire Myaia Hodge
Robert Hodges Hoi Hoi Destiny Holley Nazia Hossain Jerome Howard
Irene Hu Hendrick Hui Shamael Husain Usman Hussai Jeremy Huynh
Mariam Ibrahim Hassan Ibrahimi Chinedu Jonathan Ichu Joice Im Barsha Islam
Karina Iturralde SK Iyer Justin Jacob Usha Jagdeo Ishrat Jahan
4. Lizeth Jaimez Shalini Jairaj Adrian Nour Jamal Zeljka Vucinic Jambresic
Lydia Jamenya Kuteara Jamison Yerim Jee Ricardo R. Jesus
Hua Jing Annika Joeng Olanihun Opeyemi Joe Jesse Johnson
Avery Jonas Adele Ogiér Jones Dale Stokes Jordan Kathleen Julia
Ivanka Juran Jakub Jurski Sabrina Kabir Justyna Kadyszewska
Elhameh Kaghazchi Ravi Karan Kakkar Biuma Kalala Vinko Kalinić
Ardi Kapeshnica Ed Kaplan Slimi Karim Zavier Kaufman Kamaljot Kaur
Sandeep Kaur Jeton Kelmendi Penn Kemp Kawa Kerami Joseph Keteku
Zoha Khalid Takiya Khan Hamed Khawary Asif Khowaja Shanil Khowaja
Christina Kim Heajin Kim Rebecca King Uwandu Chinemerem Kingson
Fernando Kinoshita Julia Kitell Gert W. Knop Clara Kolinek Patrick Kolodziej
Despina Kontaxis Samuel Koranteng Diakogeorgios Kosta Vijaya Bhanu Kote
Dimitris P. Kraniotis Olf Thomas Krumm Kinga Kuczynski Ayman Kuddus
Aarish Kumar Hashela Kumarawansa Helena Kurtezi Girish Kute
Samantha Kwok Win Kyi Hailey Lam Jessica (Yanyi) Lam Laura LaMorta
Cristiana Lauri Anna Lauria Chris Law Chris Lawrencei Kathleen Leach
Juliet Leech W. M. Lewis Patricia M. Lewis Jurell Lews Jennifer Li
Elaine Li Katerina Ligoni Shannon Lima Ellen Birkett Lindeen
Helen Lin Janice Lin Mia Lipstick Chris Lliguichuzhca
Erica Lliguichuzhca Johan W Löfgren Ryan Long Alice Loor
Karla Loor Lelsy Lopez Catherine Lora Ugo Love Hamish Low
Karen Lui Kylie Luu Kanako Mabuchi Winy W. Macheru Eileen Maguire
Adhar Maheshwari Grace Mahony Kawamoto Maki Sonia Manga
Rafael Marin Vikki Marshall Elias Martes Robert Masterson
Thandiwe Louise Matavire Sarah Mathai K. K. Mathew Rahid Mazumder
Hamida Mazumder Kiara McDonald Eileen McGrath Grant D. McLeman
Patrick McManus Syeda Rumana Mehdi Paola Mendez Ayaa Mesbah
Gero Miceli Leonidas Milonas Monserrat Mitchell Mitsuki
Suhaila Mohideen Gbrielle Mompalao Eric Monda George Monokrousos
Chelsea Morales Veronica Morali Ombuge Mose Cristal Mota
5. Tamara Moultrie Tinashe Muchuri Aju Mukhopadhyay Naosuke Mukoyama
Donna Lee Murphy Olawuyi Mutiu Dionne Muyalde Walter Keyombe Muzembi
Joy Muthanje Mwaniki Homaira Mysha Majid Naficy Fumiya Nagai
Siddharth Sunil Nair Hisashi Nakamura Sherwin Navarro Michelle Negrete
Franklin Neira Catherine Ng Timo Nicolakis David Kotei Nikoi Lindsey Nkem
Patrick Adjei Nketia Michael Nketiah Ayaka Nojiri Matthew Nunez
Nana Nyarko Mgcini Nyoni Jordi Ochoa Mark Odea S. Senyo Ofori-Parku
Nana Agyemang Ofosu Ifeanyi Ogbo Rotimi Ogunjobi Olaitan Victor Olatomide
Princess Olivera Rafael Olivera Adedayo Albert Olofinnika Abikoye Oluwatoyosi
Oluwatosin
Eddie Ombagi Eoin O'Neill Madelaine Ong Oduor E. Oriko Lea Ormandy
Daniel Ortega Johana Lopez Osorio Mari Ota Neelima P Kevin Padilla
Yam Padua Carbin Palafox Demetrios Pandazis Michael Panteloukas
Alex Papadopou Isidora Papagiannakis Anil Parbhudial
Stella Parthenis Annamaria Pecoraro Brianna Perez Rama Krishna Perugu
Anisah Pillay Pamela Janet Rodríguez Piminchumo Peter Pitsakis
Marija Pogorlic GJV Prasad Mark Prime Ronece Pringle
Pallavi Priyadarshini Selena Prodromidou Ivy Prosser Jessica Puliafico
Nazanin Qaumi Kate Quane Amn Rahman Thusme Rahman Sakibur Rahman
Sumaia Rahman Tanzina Rahman Rinzu Rajan Jane Smith Meme Ramapatel
T A Ramesh Jennylee Ramos Moraysha Ramsahai Nicii Rashan Carla Redondi
John Remillard Christ Reymundi Olivia Richards Martin Rijntjes
Syeda Rithu Abigail Rivera Zulikha Roberts Danny Rodriguez
Jhovany Rodriguez Diana Rodriguez Edgardo Rodriguez Chris Rojas
Kenny Rojas Meshack Kipyego Rop Lokesh Roy Pinaki Roy Danae Ruiz
Yassine Sabri Jasper Sabuni Walter William Safar Sakib Safi
Gurjoj Sahota Dinesh Sairam Tomoki Sano Ernesto P. Santiago
Ömer Sapanli Lovro Saric Minal Sarosh Mohsin Sarwar Simone Sawyers
Sofia Schmidt Nicole Schweit Iolanda Scripca Ameza Selorm
Stella Seo Brianna Serna Archana Sharma Rajat Sharma Bayarjargal Shartolgoi
6. Fahredin Shehu Akhter Shihab Shodai Shiota Dhimitrios Shoshari
Komatsu Shota Satis Shroff S. Sideris Charleston Silla
Anastasiya Sindyukova Aishwarya Singaravelu Ranveer Singh Simran Singh
Suhrab Sirat Esther Slowley Brinanna Monica Smalling Matthew F. Smith
Martin Smith Myriam Solar Michael Kwaku Kesse Somuah Sarah Speziali
Uma Srikar Bolaji St.Ramos Stella Steinbach Grace Stempel
Ellen Stoyanov Jose Suarez Shania Subhani Maho Sugihara
Milica Sujica JC Sullivan Lina Sultana Ian Sun Esa Suomaa
Judith Suzuki Konstantinos Sventzouris Felix Orisewike Sylvanus
Momo Takahashi Tasnuva I. Tamim Alexander G. Tanaskidis Eduard Tara
Matthew Taylee Christine Janz Taylor Jogga Singh Teidy Jane Tekin
Princess Tensang Yin Yin Thain Swati Thakur Bhuwan Thapaliya
Aung Zin Phyo Thein Jan Theuninck Kristy Thu Tiffany Ting Nour Tohme
Reem Tohme Falokun Tolulope Kiani Torres Abikoye Tosin Georgia Tsamados
Tenzin Tsering Vasiliki Tsitouridou Spiro Tsoumpariotis
Mandy Moe Pwint Tu Najma Tubssum Jade Turbides Darleny Urena
Jael Uribe Kevin Uzzle Paul Valdivia Emilce Vallejo Brian Van
Seda Vardikyan Alexandra Vassiliou Julijana Velichkovska
Aaron Anthony Vessup Bhooma Vikas Connie Villon Soraya Vivas
Sara R. Vogler Duska Vrhovac Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic Surakij Vuthikornpant
Hazel A Waite Lesa R. Walker Christina Wang Judy Wang Dechen Wangmo
Brendan Ward Ed Warner Theresa White Morgan E. White Jessica White
Martha Reiser Williams Sydnei Williams Justus Williams Christina Williams
Lindsay Williams Katie Wu Anson Wu Linda Wu Mendy Wu
Lin Xue Jenny Xue Yeni Yi Kolawole Adepoju Yinka Joyce Yoo Jawed Zafari
Daniel Zahzouhi Kozi Zavalani Jeffrey Zhang-Sun Elona Zharku
Lediona Zharku Janet Zheng Mary Zhuo Ke Verica Zivkovic Caroline Zuba
Jakub Zuk Mark Zurita