Poem for Allen Cohen
by 
John G.Hall
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Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Word Count: 103 Summary: Allen Cohen, Great American poet & peace activist died last week after a brave struggle against cancer.An American gift and a world citizen.He was one of the sixties counter-culture ring leaders that raised the dove spangled banner of peace.He will be sadly missed.Love & respect to his friends and family. |
Poem for Allen Cohen
You searched the west
for a passage of peace,
a dove spangled banner
blowing from the east.
Grandfather Word smith,
a sixties short fuse burnt
beyond a time of flames,
a peace bomb ticking on.
Beyond now is about to begin
Earth's poem for Allen Cohen,
green words throwing back
the shovel loads of silence,
wide open wings of poetry
unfurled in constant glides.
His read heart covered
in our book marks,
his poems corners folded
for future reverence.
To be loved so well so far
in a world full of strangers,
is perhaps the ultimate gig.
John G.Hall©2004
You searched the west
for a passage of peace,
a dove spangled banner
blowing from the east.
Grandfather Word smith,
a sixties short fuse burnt
beyond a time of flames,
a peace bomb ticking on.
Beyond now is about to begin
Earth's poem for Allen Cohen,
green words throwing back
the shovel loads of silence,
wide open wings of poetry
unfurled in constant glides.
His read heart covered
in our book marks,
his poems corners folded
for future reverence.
To be loved so well so far
in a world full of strangers,
is perhaps the ultimate gig.
John G.Hall©2004