RICHARD DOIRON

 

The Day Of Love And Peace

 

We wanted peace; the same we sought -

revenge but spelling yet a tomb! -;

we planted seeds thus peace we got

and oh! to see that "garden" bloom!

 

Our warring ways were set aside;

the time had come for peace to reign,

the fight, at best, but foolish pride,

which, truth be told, gave not a gain.

 

The peaceful path the one we chose,

we took to heart what saints had said:

found far and wide the scent of rose

the day that love and peace were wed.

 

There Is Hope

 

There is hope to build upon

When there's love to reach us all

Morning comes and brings the dawn

Life itself that makes the call

 

All we need for peace to reign

All we need to reach that goal

Is to think and entertain

How each neighbour has a soul

 

Sacred truths are not on hold

Heaven high that's made it clear

Love is key we've all been told

And the reason that we're here

 

This Dream Of Mine

 

I long have had a dream of peace

That comes both day and night

A dream that simply will not cease

With no one seen to fight

 

I long have had a dream of hope

It's what I visualize

I see it through a telescope

That reaches paradise

 

I long have had a dream of love

That's clear as anything

A world devoid of push and shove

A world that's heard to sing

 

I long have had this dream of mine

That now I share with you

Come take my hand we'll form a line

And make this dream come true

 

When It's Peace At Last

 

When it's peace at last we will view the past

with the sorrows that were sown

and we'll sing as one for a job well done

with a strength to shatter stone.

 

Put an end to war we will fight no more

and the future will be free,

and the land will ring with that song we sing

with its lease on liberty.

 

From the grips of hell seen our numbers swell

as we take our rightful place,

every member sold on the tale that's told

of a single human race.

 

What Cause For Fear

 

We dare to dream the dreamers that we are,

who'd dwell no less than on the distant star

perchance we could, perchance a magic made

the Universe that blessed the escapade.

 

What limits are the mind has put in place -

no rainbows there for anyone to chase -

and what a shame, reviewed the past and all,

this very spot one time the port of call...

 

Gone back in time to treks of yesteryear,

what else but dreams projected someone here!

Precision now the tools we have in hand,

what cause for fear the far and distant land?

 

RICHARD DOIRON

 

RICHARD DOIRON: work in print 59 years; estimated 1000 poems published in some 200 anthologies, periodicals, personal books; author of novels, biographical works, essays, and lyricist. Graduate in journalism and Certified Lifeskills Coach; work read at the United Nations University for Peace, Costa Rica; published alongside a dozen Nobel Prize Winners by invitation, including the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Desmond Tutu. Participant in local, national, and international literary festivals; 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award winner with World Poetry; 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award with Pentasi B World Friendship Poetry; 2017 nominated for "There is a Winner in You" Lifetime Achievement Award with ARTeryUSA, nominated by James Pasqual Bettio, former senator in the California Senior Legislature. 2019 named World Poet Laureate by the group Pentasi B World Friendship Poetry. Twice nominated for Governor-General's Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. Nominated to the Order of New Brunswick, 2019. Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, 2019.