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Sparrow and Sword
You, Love, are wounded in your cage.I bathe you with my tears.I, Woman, am armed.My weapon—forgiveness.I forget my enemy,Revenge! By N. This work was supported by the Fetzer Institute.
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Teach the World
Come together, Women. Let’s fill the world inOn love, On forgiveness.What it is to be honest and sensitive to all.How easy it is to give a smile, make someone happy,Instead of causing stress and...
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How I Catch Love
I I Skype with my family. They gather in front of the small screen to see me, say hi. My mom knows I am sick, even though I don’t tell her. My sister gives up a night of sleep to do my other sister’s...
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Two Beautiful Words
Editor’s note: This group poem was written at a writing workshop in Mazar where each participant contributed lines. All things need to love, to forgivebecause life without lovewill not be lived. Love...
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How to Heal the World
This is the beginning wayfor love and forgiveness.The end of the way is not clear to me. Because in this momentlove and forgiveness are loveable to me. I want to write about you,here, in this...
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Dispense with Animosity
Love and forgiveness are very important in our lives: we must have both and we must use them well. When we love something or someone very much, we usually forget everything and just think about the...
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Eyes of the Heart
I pick up the broken pieces,the pain, wound, insults,lies, betrayal, scars,your words.I eat my tears, silent,don’t have an answer,so I call my heart,Ask if I am such a bad person?Do I deserve the...
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A Universe of Love
Moments bloomwhen you look at me, your lovely teeth like pearls in the ocean when you smile. A snowfall of love descends into my heart, when you suck my hair, your little fingers walking across my...
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I Apologize
I apologize not because I am a weak person,or because I am shy, or powerless,or immature, or poor. I apologize not because it makes me less than I am… I apologize because I am strong!Because I...
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The AWWP Love and Forgiveness Curriculum Is Here!
Lessons from Afghanistan: A Curriculum for Exploring Themes of Love and Forgiveness is hot off the presses and ready to be shared. A collaborative project of the Afghan Women’s Writing Project and the...
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