TODAY'S

TODAY'S

Stay at Home, Love ...

A poem by Anna Atsu

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Anna Atsu
Mar 12, 2024
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This

Cease this now, declare leaders, popes, presidents,

How ironic, when most men grasp the sword, the gun.

While women and children remain at home, in churches

Within the same abode or pulpit, where their words blaze against.

Needs

The battle cries echo, and the call for peace rings hollow,

As the powerful wield arms, leaving domestic spaces fallow.

In ho…

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