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Poems submitted for the 2020 World Food Day Poetry Competition
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Poem by Liz Davenport

11/11/2020

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Globally Breathless

People protest in peace
Same people, same pain
Signs echo same refrain
Help us, “we can’t breathe”
Sign: Covid 19 Pandemic
No plan to see
More virus and death
Truth is silenced
Sign: Black Lives Matter
No peace to be
More racism and inequality
Reach is silenced
Sign: Environmental Justice
No place to be
More sick and swamped
Action is silenced
Sign: Climate Change
No planet B
More fires and floods
Science is silenced
People cry in harmony
Same message, better means
Signs echo same refrain
“We can breathe, again”

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Liz Davenport of Silver Spring, MD - Love of nature led to education and career in environmental science and policy. MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School broadened my world view.  Writing poetry centers my soul for peace and hope for the future.

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Kris Krishtalka
11/14/2020 03:16:07 pm

Love the poem. Love the picture.

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      • 2020 World Food Day - submitted poems
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      • WFD 2018 - Submitted Poems
    • Maryland Poets
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  • About
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