stand up and be heard
\nor just sit down
\nand wilt away
\nlike the flower
\n’cause the vase went dry
\nof water……
\nthe silence of winter
\nsets in
\nsounds of life
\nare muted
\nby the weight
\nof fresh snow
\nas the last petal
\nfalls without resistance
\nto the floor \u00a0~
\n~ stand up and be heard
\nspeak of resolution
\nand reveal the way to peace
\nthen like
\nthe flight of a dove
\nacross the majestic sky
\non the morning
\nthat gives birth to spring
\nan uplifting sense
\nof enlightenment ~
\nwisdom
\nand new growth
\nwill be experienced
\nthrough the spirit of
\nempowerment \u00a0 ~
\nenbetterment \u00a0~
\nthe loving
\nand eternal intent
\nthat’s rooted deeply
\nwithin the nobility
\nof well-spoken
\nmeaningfull \u00a0~ \u00a0words<\/p>\n
stand up and be heard<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n
This poem will be a part of the April edition that’s a collaboration by the 2015 Poetry Posse \u00a0– The Year of the Poet II published by Inner Child Press. \u00a0Buy your monthly copy Here: http:\/\/www.innerchildpress.com\/the-year-of-the-poet.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" stand up and be heard or just sit down and wilt away like the flower ’cause the vase went dry of water…… the silence of winter sets in sounds of life are muted by the weight of fresh snow as the last petal falls without resistance to the floor \u00a0~ ~ stand up and be … Continue reading “stand up and be heard”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,35,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peaceoutpoems","category-peaceoutpoemsforpeace","category-poertyposse2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1599"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599\/revisions\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}