Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

Argelia Roman

What would you do?

If you had 3 short minutes left on this earth?
would you lower your gun
and give the other guy the opportunity to be saved
because you know you have nothing
to
worry
about
You will go to heaven - you believe in the right things;
it is he that needs the opportunity to redeem himself

I always wondered
what Muslims
believe
in
so I asked one
'so where does Jesus fit into the scheme of things?'
He answered,
'He
is
coming
to
judge
the living
and
the
dead'
I think that sums up beautifully
the terror
and the
'What
ARE
you
doing
with
your
LIFE?!
aspect
of
the
true
and
holy
man,
that
didn't
shoot - when he was given the opportunity

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