EDITOR'S COMMENT: 

These poems are published with a perception that sees a hope, a chance, and a blessing in the events of life, which disguise as painful incidents. Though some of them may seem sad, the purpose of publishing them here is to either help victims of sad events recover from their loss and pain, or to help the writers release their feelings of hurt or sadness and to replace them with feelings of hope, forgiveness, and release. -Editor 

Haiti O Haiti
(A Positive Dirge)

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Haiti, O Haiti
Your sons and daughters suffer the trail
Of a tragic tremor of seven magnitudes
Corpses and carcasses liter the street
Limbs and houses crushed and crumbled

Haiti, O Haiti
Your children cry and weep and wail
For many loved ones are hereby gone,
But in their eyes, I see resolve and hope
In their strides I see strength and courage

Haiti, O Haiti,
Your children suffer, yes they do, but
History knows your children are brave
Sole masters of their land and freedom,
For the ancestors and for country unity reigns

Haiti, O Haiti
Your children are tested once again
And your children shall by this unite,
The battle is ahead and shall be met
For the Haitian will is even stronger

Haiti, O Haiti
Your children shall stand and walk again
For this tragic tremor shall not win.
Over the shaken lands they shall march, for
Even in death there’s beauty and Haiti shall live again.

Oliver O. Mbamara ©
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  In response to the request of friends, I have attempted a translation of the poem HAITI O HAITI from English to French. It is not a perfect translation. Anyone who would like to improve on the translation I have so far is welcome to help. The Complete English version is further below (under the French version).

O Haïti Haïti Par Oliver O. Mbamara

Haïti, ô Haïti
Vos fils et vos filles souffrent le sentier
D'un tragique tremblement de sept grandeurs
Cadavres et de carcasses de litres dans la rue
Membres et les maisons écrasées et émietté

Haïti, ô Haïti
Vos enfants crient et pleurer et à gémir
Pour de nombreux proches sont par la présente partie,
Mais dans leurs yeux, je vois la détermination et l'espoir
Dans leurs foulées, je vois la force et le courage

Haïti, ô Haïti,
Vos enfants souffrent, oui ils le font, mais
L'histoire ne connaît vos enfants sont courageux
Seuls maîtres de leurs terres et de liberté,
Pour les ancêtres et pour les pays règne l'unité

Haïti, ô Haïti
Vos enfants sont testés à nouveau
Et vos enfants sont par le présent s'unir,
La bataille est en avance et doivent être respectées
Car la volonté haïtienne est encore plus forte

Haïti, ô Haïti
Vos enfants doivent se lever et à marcher à nouveau
Pour ce tremblement tragique ne doit pas gagner.
Sur les terres, ils sont secoués mars, pour
Même dans la mort il ya une beauté et d'Haïti revivra.

Oliver O. Mbamara
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Forgiveness is king 
By Emeka Azuine 

Hatred comes from hearts
That have drowned their love
Enmity thrives in hearts
For whom God means no love.

War comes from hearts
That have dwarfed their brotherhood
Mayhem grows amidst faults
Unreconciled for the boom of good.

Forgiveness blossoms from hearts
That discover triumph in humility
Vendetta moulds around hearts
Like caves plundered by brutality.

When emotions trample over wisdom
We must step backwards and pause
For revenge is like a curse
It denies souls the triumph of freedom.

(This has been an elegy to victims of anti-Miss world riots in Nigeria)
More Poems by Emeka Azuine

FRIENDS 
By Jason Miller

Justin Dear Friend
Jason F. Miller
Having someone in life.
Someone kind, Loving, 
Caring, but Generous,
Living in a world full of hate
Crying myself to sleep,
After one, changing life forever
Ten forty-five, cold December night,
Crushing metal all around,
Glass and tears on the ground,
Pain the say,
Pain we feel,
Pain in heart,
Pain in steel,
Death the say you feel calm,
Some as cold as there palm,
Peace they say, the end is nigh,
Can't feel much, but IM hold'n on,
Years to come years to go,
Good-bye dear friend
Justin

I CAN DREAM
By Annabelle Aeng

there's no fairy godmother
to make my wish come true.
no genie in a bottle to bring me to you.
no prayer on a fallen star
no magic potion in a jar.
but i can dream and when i do.
i dream that i'm there with you
 

"To Sgt. Damion Scott: 
My heart Is Deployed With You"
By Monica Lawrence

When I lie down to sleep at night
I stare at the ceiling with thoughts of you
How you use to make the bad things right
And all the crazy things we'd do

When we were young, we'd laugh and play
Which most time would turn into a fight
We'd make up by the end of the day
And laugh and play for the rest of the night

We have grown, me a woman and you a man
You joined the army and got a wife
We keep in touch as much as we can
Because you are a special part of my life

You had a child, a beautiful girl
And for three years, your life was just right
Then the Lord had hurt my world 
When you were called to Kuwait to fight

I know that you will be safe though
Because the Lord he is our friend
And it's hard to let my feelings not show
I just hope and pray that this war would end

I just want you to know that I miss you so
Blessed are you and the other soldiers, too
And I also wanted the whole world to know
Just how much that I love you.

ORDER OF THINGS

There is a rightful order found 
Beyond the things that seem to be,
Something beneath the surface seen
Hidden behind prevalent schemes.

I know this fact through feelings felt
in such relief that come to mind,
When in life I do my bit
And leave results to Spirit's will.

There is a rightful order found
In which Spirit our lives arrange,
Giving us what we rightly earn
With precision in circumstance,

Designed to rhyme and meet somehow
In a rightful order, time, and place. 

From the Book - Poems of Life

SHATTERED, 
by Sarah, Texas

Shattered heart
Battered soul
Fell apart
No one to hold

Hold back tears
They keep falling
I hope he hears
My heart calling

Into the wind
Love blows like sand
My wounds will mend
I'll love again

I THINK SADNESS REALLY , 
By Yuri Vermont
I stand alone on silent nights, 
my scares of feelings dawn new light.
I cannot reap a soul nor weep, 
and at night I cannot sleep.
For the demons wake in silent beds,
to pull all my fears and dread.
I must stay on my chosen path; 
hope to outrun their gentle wraith.
I cannot stop 'til peace has shone, 
but then I fear I am all alone.
Like a candle I flicker light, 
shedding tears and shedding fright.
The people cling with all their might,
to hold to my dieing light.
My fears and dreams came close to thee, 
stop what's right for me.
All but your presence is unknown, 
how can I make all seem alone?
it brings so much strength to stop these tears; 
Yet somehow your touch will wash my fears.

PLEASE COME BACK
By Ryhll Garcia
I crave for thee so badly
Thy absence hast made life dreary
I long to feel thy arms enfold me
Thou whose soft words caress me gently
Oh why hast thou left me lonely?
When all I ever needed was to have thee 
My life, my love why did you go away?
I miss thee so much; it aches
I need thee, oh please come back!

SAD
By Julie Reeves
We just wanted to try it
Just to see what it would do
Now, we know, because I don't have you.
We were all partying 
And having a good time,
Now its destroyed my life. 
Why God??? Why mine?? 
It took you and tore you apart. 
Now the only pain I feel is deep 
Deep in my heart. 
You died in my arms,
I wish it were a lie,
But now you're gone
Because that night we got high.

I LOVE YOU LINDSEY
By Terry Gouveia, Kaneohe, Hawai

I try to remember that night long ago
The 22nd of December, that day my sister had to go

God summoned her home that night
So to heaven she went
A year younger was I
Three years here she had spent

Mom says we were close
And my sister loved me so
For when the time came that mom feared the most
She just really didn't want to go

Sixteen long years have passed slowly by
I think about my sister all of the time
And as I look up into the clear blue sky
I wonder no more cause I know she is fine

There will come a day when we will meet again
And the memories we shared will come flooding in

But for now she's in heaven 
Looking down upon me
I just want her to know this
I love you Lindsey.

JENNIFER CHICK
Daddy I love you

Today I was mean,
Today I was mad,
Today you were sick,
Today you died!

Daddy I have alwaysed loved you,
Even though I didn't show it,
I've alwaysed cared even though
I didn't show it,
But today I did.

When you were sick we ignored,
When you coughed we didn't listen,
When you said goodbye I didn't hear you!

Now that you have used one life,
We will listen when you tell us,
you love us.
DADDY I LOVE YOU!!

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