Golden sky meets Sea
Sunrise... tranquil masterpiece
Nature speaks Poetry
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"Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku'" by Tony Medina
Poem-a-Day | Poets.org
If every bomb
Appeared in the sky a dove
Shrapnel into rain
If vengeance vanquished
From the cursed lips of weak men
An idea never taking root
If every tank vanished
If by chance a miracle
Peace reclaims the land
If laughter broke out
Like wars fought with satire’s
Pugilist punning
What room would there be
For anger what bitter root
Not allowed to stretch
Its tentacles
Through the hearts of men hardened
By indifference
What will we bequeath
Our children if not a world
Evermore human
Tony Medina is the author of several books, including Death, with Occasional Smiling (Indolent Books, 2021) and Broke Baroque (2Leaf Press, 2013). The recipient of various honors, such as the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the Langston Hughes Society Award, and the African Voices Literary Award, he is a professor of creative writing at Howard University.
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