Comments on: Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, edited by Maxine Hong Kingston http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/20/veterans-of-war-veterans-of-peace-edited-by-maxine-hong-kingston/ The Hawaii Readers site Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:40:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: body armor http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/20/veterans-of-war-veterans-of-peace-edited-by-maxine-hong-kingston/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 body armor Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23:48 +0000 http://stage.hawaiireaders.com/?p=2832#comment-1019 On V Day I wish to extend my warmest thanks to all of our armed forces. Thank you. On V Day I wish to extend my warmest thanks to all of our armed forces. Thank you.

]]> By: Phyllis Meshulam http://www.hawaiireaders.com/blog/2009/09/20/veterans-of-war-veterans-of-peace-edited-by-maxine-hong-kingston/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Phyllis Meshulam Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:16:28 +0000 http://stage.hawaiireaders.com/?p=2832#comment-67 The voices of war and the voices of nonviolence are beautifully interwoven in this book. I am honored to be one of about 80 contributors. I see that I've used a metaphor about weaving again. One of my poems, "Weaving Peace" was chosen out of this book by composer Diane Benjamin as the text for the finale of her peace chorale, commissioned by the Denver Women's Chorus. Other texts were contributed by Lucille Clifton and Carolyn Kizer. The voices of war and the voices of nonviolence are beautifully interwoven in this book. I am honored to be one of about 80 contributors.

I see that I've used a metaphor about weaving again. One of my poems, "Weaving Peace" was chosen out of this book by composer Diane Benjamin as the text for the finale of her peace chorale, commissioned by the Denver Women's Chorus. Other texts were contributed by Lucille Clifton and Carolyn Kizer.

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