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    The Colors of Peace
    The Colors of Peace
    The Colors of Peace
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    The Colors of Peace

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    The Colors of Peace is inspired by a poem from a contest sponsored by the League for the Perpetuation of Democracy. I was only fifteen when this now revised poem won the contest.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 12, 2016
    ISBN9781524615147
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      Book preview

      The Colors of Peace - Jeff

      2016 Mary Ranieri. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/12/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-1513-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-1514-7 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      Contents

      Tutoring Peace. . .

      Mescalero

      Three Roots of Evil

      Souvenir Shoes

      Small Town Clientele

      Removing a Curse

      Rosary Trail

      Two Portraits

      Waterfront

      October Fest

      Adapting

      Floral Mayhem

      Obeisance

      Friendship Store

      Dante’s unrequited love—

      Day of Prayer: 9/11

      Learning From Noah

      Détente

      Chinese Diplomacy

      Oil for China 1976:

      Affirmations

      September Child

      Missing in Action

      Best of seasons

      Tientsin Earthquake

      A Soldier’s Reverie

      Spirit Guide

      Retiree

      The Last Flight

      Restoring Temples

      Lost Canon

      Alchemy

      Tin anniversary

      Old Glory

      Fated Frigate

      Mayan Ruins—2012

      Athena

      Rendering Unto Caesar …

      Victims

      Civil Uprising

      From Swords to Plows

      Rustler’s Hill

      Memorial Day

      Parallels

      Winter Dreams

      Sam Houston’s Oak

      Look-A Likes

      Trading Expertise

      Red Star

      Night Lights

      Flakes of Sorrow

      Lethal Air

      Mores`

      Amoeba

      Garden of Life

      Demesne

      Mount Rushmore

      Banyan Tree

      Pony Tail

      A Fritter

      Tree house

      Going Along With Grandpa

      Helping Hands

      Ballade of the Cross

      Rotating Elements

      Sapphic Musings

      Creating Apocalypse

      Spinning Peace

      Itinerant Family

      Air Force Retiree

      Unfolding Peace. . .

      Keynotes

      Investing without duress

      Bouncer

      Land of the Elk

      Composers

      Madness

      Easter Solstice

      Georgia Ella … Only twelve

      Solstice Quarters

      Remote Vision

      Illusions

      Divorce

      Polluted Land and Sea

      Balms

      Border Town Siesta

      Focusing

      Railroad

      India

      Ice Age

      The Innocents

      Testaments

      Hindsight

      Solace

      Choosing …

      Omens of War

      Virgo Passion

      Pisces Illusion

      Honey Bees

      Havens

      Tribute to the Alamo Mission

      Pages from the Past

      Land of the Elk

      Abandoned Homestead

      Mount Everest

      Petunias

      Blue Ridge

      Fog

      Vespers

      A Bold Spirit

      Transition

      Seasonal Waterfalls

      Rural Sunsets

      The Colors of Peace

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      I N T H E

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      Let there be peace. . .

      And let it begin with me!

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      Forward

      My teen-age scholarship inspired a later

      compilation of poems from anthologies,

      magazines, and three previous books of poetry

      Becoming all that I am … Story Book Poems,

      Metric stanzas, Haiku en tandem

      After teaching high school English, I worked on

      a Master’s Degree while assigned to the Teacher Corp.

      Living in the Peoples Republic of China

      and Allahabad, India inspired writing prose:

      A Chinese Contract and Romantic India.

      The Colors of Peace is inspired by a poem from a contest

      sponsored by the League for the Perpetuation of Democracy.

      I was only fifteen when

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