<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384890026180269644.post-4327844401016587339</id><published>2009-05-26T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T21:07:55.704-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry Submissions from Other Authors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War Poems'/><title type='text'>Free Poem by Donique C. Perez</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Free Poems&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Wish ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish I'd wake up to a world of peace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Where hunger, crimes and wars no longer exist&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish the poor and destitute are daily fed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And find a happy home to rest their heads&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish, people will no longer fight and fuss&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;About where to eat while others don't even own a purse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish we'd stop for a while and ponder and obey&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And listen to the cries of other hearts today&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish, we'd take a friend or stranger's hand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And remind them to always form a band&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That we are stronger when we join together&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just like we would help and be there for a brother&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish, that kids caught between broken homes and wars&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Can sit around in happy homes, playing with little toy cars&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They should never be burden with the selfishness of mankind&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But live in stability and with a peaceful and joyful mind&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish the lonely widowed women and elderly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Who feel so lost and hopeless without a family&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Be told and shown love daily by someone who cares&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because their burden seem so heavy and hard to bear&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish, our daily words and deed will reflect&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our desires of an honest and pure heart in effect&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish that all of mankind will live in harmony and unity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And live lovingly and peacefully among humanity&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh how I wish, I wish.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Written by Donique C Perez copyrighted 2009/04/16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This poem may be published online as long as the author is given credit and a link is included to this &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=85796074680"&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h5&gt;&lt;a href="http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com/"&gt;Free Poems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1384890026180269644-4327844401016587339?l=freepoemsonline.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com/feeds/4327844401016587339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1384890026180269644&amp;postID=4327844401016587339&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1384890026180269644/posts/default/4327844401016587339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1384890026180269644/posts/default/4327844401016587339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://freepoemsonline.blogspot.com/2009/05/free-poem-by-donique-c-perez.html' title='Free Poem by Donique C. Perez'/><author><name>Anna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660551089821141019</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02838843442527075834'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry>