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2007

Grand Prize Winner
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POETRY

2007 FIRST PLACE

PEACE
Amelia Warren
17 years old, Illinois

 

Peace is not
The ending of war
For people are always fighting.

Peace is not
A lack of guns
For words are just as deadly.

Peace is not
The whisper of wind
For nature is cruelest of all.

Peace is not
A quiet day
For silence fills no voids.

Yet
Peace is not
Death,
For it is a concept of the living.

So
Peace must be
The reflection
Of a very tired smile.

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