by Naomi Shihab Nye
How deeply agreeable,
the word read appearing in
the word thread.
A church marquee in Wisconsin
asked, WHAT DOES IT TAKE
TO MAKE PEACE?
A lot, apparently.
We could start with all the elementary
school librarians and counselors
fired here last night
for "lack of funds."
Peacemakers, every one of them,
I'd place my money on it.
So many lives threading out into
the wilderness of adulthood
fortified by books and good advice.
Oh students, we will teach you
everything you need to know
then place a gun in your hands?
Makes sense, doesn't it?
No sense seems common anymore.
from Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose by Naomi Shihab Nye, 2008, Greenwillow Books
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