by Eva van Loon

Englese or English, Chinese or Chinglish, Pidgin or Polish—whatever your language, its poetry flows over your soul like a river of peace.
Let us present a little Water Music from the youngest entrants (Grades 1-3) in this year’s Youth Peace-Poem Competition. These poems are included in PRIPPA 2009: Can You Hear Peace? Get your copy—why not start inventing music around our children’s lovely words?

Love, as rainbows love rain,
as mice love cheese, as boots
love splashing in puddles,
as blueberries love pancakes
—Morgan LaBree, Grief Point School

Times with April
Swimming with April
at a peaceful time of day.
Drying in the sun.
—Matthew Ure, Grief Point

Solitary Fun
Peacefully fishing
Here I watch the fish pass by
I have fun fishing
—Joey McCullough, Grief Point

Dolphin
Blue sea
Dolphin swim fast
Something blue jumping there
It is fun swimming at the beach
Water
—Camryn Infanti, PR Christian School

Peaceful Swimming
Swimming in the lake
Sand squishes between my toes
Scared fish dodge away.
—Sarah Shelton, Grief Point