In 1997 the United Nations invited school children around the world to contribute 2 lines of poetry per school. Submissions came from 38 diferent countries and from all school ages (ranging from K-12). The result is a HUGE poem!
Peace is something that should be treasured,
Because it has great value to everyone and everything.
Warrensburg Elementary School
Warrensburg, NY, US
The peace that I experience from loving my neighbor,
brings with it
harmony as the fruit of my labor.
P.S. 11, The Katheryn Phelan School
Woodside, NY, US
Let Peace be like a flowing river
Flowing into the open hearts of humanity.
Banani International Secondary School
Lusaka, Zambia
Peace is friendship, peace is freedom, good relations, understanding.
It’s defending all the nations. It’s uniting all the people.
School #14, secondary level
Grodno, Belarus
Peace begins in each man’s heart
We must all do our part.
Holy Family School, elementary level
Grand Junction, CO, US
Make love, not war; that’s what friends are for.
Throw away all the guns, and make peace at once.
Satravik School
Nykvarn, Sweden
God created us—not for violence and not for war
But for friendship, unity, sharing, love and peace.
Ecole Gabrielle-Roy, intermediaire
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Peace helps people around the world, peace is as delightful as a chocolate swirl.
We must try to prevent war, then love will be like a candy store.
Jan Celliers Primary School
Johannesburg, South Africa
Float, our dream of peace like a springtime breeze
To various nations over lands and seas.
Krasnoyarsk Regional Cosmonautic School
Zelenogorsk, Russian Federation
War is bad
Peace is good
Aakjärskolen
Skive, Denmark
Universal peace begins
with peace between you and me.
Escola Nova Lourenzo Castanho, middle school level
São Paulo, Brazil
People laughing, smiling, talking, sharing, caring, and helping
one another,
That is what we think of when someone says “peace”.
Sacred Heart Parish School
Red Bluff, CA, US
Don’t use bombs.
Negotiate!
Romulus Central School
Romulus, NY, US
In order for people to have joy and mirth,
they have to accomplish peace on earth.
Winston Churchill School
Fairfield, NJ, US
Take a stand
keep peace in every land.
Delmar Elementary School
Delmar, MD, US
The searched peace, you can achieve
When in your brother, you believe.
Colégio Joana D’ Arc
São Paulo, Brazil
Peace is like a flower
we must take care of it every day.
Grammar school, A.H.Skultetyho
Velky Krtis, Slovakia
Peace doesn’t need any words
just good hearts.
Basic school, Masarykova
Kosice, Slovakia
War is black, peace is white
Let’s make the world more than bright.
Gymnazium Turnov, secondary school
Czech Republic
Our children have so much to teach us about being better people with their simple heartfelt words.
Please read the rest of the poem. I have a feeling more of these quotes will pop up on my blog.
Be seein' ya! PEACE!

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