Photography © Chad Parenteau

 

War

The need to fight, combat, is there.
Upon endangered species everywhere.
I hope the number of dead will cease.
The dead will not cease unless there is peace..
Thank God I am not of fighting age.
Blessed peace will come even where battles are planned.
Anger and hatred must go.
God loves us all and we, too, must love our fellowmen.
Bring peace, peace, peace.

 

Nancy Dodson was the author of Animal Lore and Collected Poems 1970-2000. She passed away on February 5 at the age of ninety.

Chad Parenteau is Associate Editor of Oddball Magazine.