In a world where attention is currency, this poem exposes how constant digital immersion shapes and often distorts – our values, focus, and even sense of identity. At Poets & Peace, we believe poetry can wake us up – not just…
Dry Veins is a poem written by Siwaphiwe Matha, a fifteen-year-old poet from South Africa whose voice carries the weight of lived truth. Rooted in the reality of growing up without a father in South Africa – where the ‘absent…
This poem is an honest confession from a young writer about what it truly costs to put your heart on paper. The poet captures something most writers feel but rarely say out loud – that writing is not always…
This poem by Jood Nizami, who shares parents from Jordan as well as Palestine, reflects the particular ache of inherited displacement – the paradox of being homesick for a place one has never stood in, yet knows it in…
This poem is born in the sleepless hours of a student’s night – where exhaustion and ambition press upon each other, and the mind refuses the rest, the body desperately needs. Raunak writes from the heart of competitive exam…
This poem is a refusal. A clear-eyed, sharp-tongued, rhythmically assured refusal to be labelled, sorted, shelved, or understood on anyone else’s terms. Annette Gagliardi pushes back against the modern compulsion to advertise the self through social media, political signage,…
This poem, “Can You Hear Me, Papa?”, explores peace through remembrance — the quiet, evolving peace that follows loss. It reflects the inner journey from grief to acceptance, from aching absence to a gentle presence carried within. The poem doesn’t seek closure…
In “Dandelion in the Dust,” young poet Caitlyn captures a quiet moment of resilience amid the storms of self-doubt and bullying. Through the simple image of a dandelion growing against all odds, she reminds us that even in the harshest environments, hope can…
From Brazil, young poet Sofia Dantas reminds us that peace doesn’t always appear in grand gestures or distant dreams. To her, peace is woven into the fabric of everyday life—moments of safety, kindness, and quiet belonging. In her words, it’s found…
This poem is born from a truth the poet Aisha names with clarity: peace is not silence, nor pretending everything is fine — it is the presence of compassion. Through vivid lines, she shows how burnout, war, and despair press…
This poem is not a soft vision of peace, but a sharp critique of its contradictions. The dove appears not as truth but as façade — a symbol we hold onto because real peace remains distant. By likening war…