In honor of the International Day of Peace, making a special post for this. I wrote these words as part of my contribution to La Familia: Peace will come the day we forget how to drop the bombs or make the guns, When we get along underneath the same old sun, Singing songs in holy unison no matter where we’re from, Yes, peace will come. Peace will come. Pray before the day is done.
My friend, Fred Ross-Perry was inspired by them and expanded it into these lyrics, and the song:
Peace will come, and it won’t be long When we forget how to drop the bombs When we forget how to make the guns That’s when peace will come
Peace will come when we get along When we get along underneath the sun All together under that same old sun That’s when peace will come
Peace will come when we’re singing songs Singing in holy unison Singing no matter where we’re from That’s when peace will come
Yes, Peace will come, and it won’t be long We’ll help each other to be strong And we’ll work until the day is done, That’s when peace will come.
These words also appear in the 2019 Vallejo Peace Project anthology Verses, Voices, & Visions of Vallejo.
This collective book featuring 43 writers was released March 13, 2019 with a reading at the Vallejo JFK Library in the Joseph Room with proceeds benefitting the Vallejo Peace Project.
About the Book
To read contributor biographies please visit this link: poetryebook.com/vallejo-anthology-contributor-bios/
List Price: $20.00
8.5″ x 11″ (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
Black & White on White paper
196 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1724462633
ISBN-10: 1724462636
BISAC: Poetry / Anthologies
A collective anthology authored by:
DIANA ALDEN
OLIVIA ANDERSON
KYRAH AYERS
DANIEL BADIALI
GENEA BRICE
JESSICA BROWN
LEI KIM SAWYER CHAVEZ
JULIA DVORIN
JOHANNA ELY
RANJIT SINGH GILL
AMY GIOLETTI
G.O. 284
GREY
MORGAN HANNIGAN
TRAVIS JACKSON, JR.
KATHLEEN
JEFFREY KINGMAN
CHUCK LAMPLIGHTER
D.L. LANG
LADY-D
LEE LEE
LUCINDA LEES
AQUEILA M. LEWIS
MYRA NISSEN
KELLIANE PARKER
POETIC OLD SOUL
CAROL PEARLMAN
BOBBY RICHARDSON
FRED ROSS-PERRY
NINA SERRANO
RAVI SHANKAR
ERIKA SNYDER
JEREMY SNYDER
REGINA SPARROW
TOM STANTON
DIANA TENES
KEITH THOMPSON
AMBER VON NAGEL
BECKY BISHOP WHITE
JEFF WILLIAMS
JAMES WESTLEY
LISA WILSON
LOIS WU
Edited by
D.L. LANG
Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019
Vallejo Waterfront Cover Photo by
JESSICA BROWN
Available at Bookshop Benicia in Benicia, California. A copy is also archived at the Benicia Public Library.
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D.L. Lang is the current Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California. She is the author of ten books, and one spoken word album. Her poems have been published in the Benicia Herald, Jewish Journal, Poets Are Heroes Magazine, the Benicia First Tuesday Poets anthology Light & Shadow, and in A Poet’s Siddur: Friday Evening Liturgy through the Eyes of Poets. Lang has been a featured act at several events including the Vallejo Man March, Unity Day, Solidarity with Charlottesville, and International Peace Day. She is also a regular at Poetry by the Bay and leads the Poetry in Notion poetry circle. She has won ribbons and rosettes at the Alameda, Marin, San Mateo, and Solano County Fairs. Her poems have been transformed into songs, liturgy, and used as a means to advocate for causes.
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