“Walk For Peace”

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This poem began as a poetic comment I shared with Beth, in response to her moving article about a group of monks who set out from the Huong Dao Temple in Fort Worth, Texas. Their 2,300-mile pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. will span roughly 120 days and carry them through ten states โ€” a quiet, powerful gesture of peace.
Iโ€™m grateful to Beth for allowing me to reproduce the photos from her post here on my poetry site.
Beth >> walking into the new year with peace. | I didn’t have my glasses on….






“Walk For Peace”

Silently, like daylight moves across a sundial,
The monks walk for peace in a humble style.

Within myself, I wistfully smile,
And hope that all the rank and file
Will also freely walk every single mile.
And add to the world’s peaceful stockpile.





Lisa O’Neill, If I Was A Painter, Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If I was a painter with colours no end
I’d paint the whole thing simply again
Where everything runs into everything
Where every colour is born without sin

[Verse 2]
Red be a roaring river in my veins
Green be the beat of the heart in the trees
Blue be the pull of the moon on the tide
Let brown be the base of some true love’s eyes

[Bridge]
Give us a chance at an earthly lifะต
Then pull it from under us when wะต arrive
Sending us orderly – what choice had I?
Born under the only sky

[Pre-Chorus]
Vast, vast, vast
Silver, gold and brass
The moonโ€ฒs milk, the sun’s silk
All move among the stars

[Chorus]
I found out when I listened
Love is received from love
Up in the steely night
Stars span the Galway shawl
I was scared of the underground in London
At the speed of my generation
Are the old people getting forgotten
In this fuss of the world we spin?

[Verse 1]
If I was a painter with colours no end
I’d paint the whole thing simply again
Where everything runs into everything
Where every colour is born without sin


Ivor Steven  ยฉ  January 2026

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

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  3. oh, Ivor, you have made this so beautiful, and passed along their journey of peace. you, and I, and all the others they have moved, along the way, travel with them in our hearts, and carry the peace they hope to bring to all. so well done, โค

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    1. Thank you, Beth โ€ฆ your fascinating article truly touched my heart โ€ฆ and Iโ€™m very pleased you appreciated my post ๐Ÿ“˜๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒโ˜ฎ๏ธ

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  6. So beautiful! So important! Thank you to you and to Beth, Ivor! ๐Ÿ™‚
    โ˜ฎ๏ธโœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ๐–ค“ หš๏ฝกโ‹†๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฎ ๐–ค“ หš๏ฝกโ‹† ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธโœŒ๏ธโ˜ฎ๏ธ
    (((HUGS))) for both of you!! ๐Ÿค๐Ÿค

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  10. Oh, thereโ€™s more of your comments in spam, hopefully now Iโ€™ve approved them they will get to normal notifications โ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“–

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