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We pray for peace in the world.
We pray for Mars and Venus to conjoin
in
love, not war.
We pray for suicide bombers to choose
life
over heaven.
We pray for peace marchers to have love
in
their hearts, not hatred.
We pray for children to have food in their stomachs,
not
empty bellies.
We pray for money to buy drugs to treat leprosy.
We pray for those who research a cure for AIDS.
We pray for the emerald mountains of Columbia
that
the farmers who live in those green
valleys
may live there in peace.
We pray for God to save Allah and Allah to save
Buddha
and Buddha to save Shiva and Shiva
to
save the Virgin Mary, mother of us all.
We pray for the eternal soul of the anima mundi.
We pray, beloved, for spirit.
We pray the earth's prayer, that the silent ground become sacred.
We pray for surrender of all Weapons of Mass Destruction.
We pray for surrender in the arms of our beloved.
We pray for heaven on earth—now, not later.
We pray for peace, not revenge.
We pray to live in peace, because the suffering of a single
child
is not worth all the
world's religions.
We pray for a full harvest, we pray for rain,
for
summer, spring and fall.
We pray for an end to nuclear weapons, biochemical weapons,
and to all other kinds of weaponry.
We pray for the newborn baby to find comfort.
We pray, beloved, for a peaceful end to all wars.
We pray for this prayer of peace to be heard by the people
of
this earth.
We pray, beloved.
We pray to the Christians and Jews and Muslims and Hindus
and
Buddhists and Sikhs and Taoists and Confucians
for
an end to conflict.
We pray: do nothing. We pray: kill nobody.
We pray: sacrifice not even a single child in the name.
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| Biography |
| Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Zonailo attended
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| Poetics |
| CZ is a visionary poet who writes with compassion and
careful detail about the world she lives in. |
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| Publications |
 The
Goddess in the Garden combines mystical insight and sensual language
to evoke a timeless meadow where humans and deities play out eternal passions.
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| Reviews |
| She draws on her study of mythology, astrology, and
Jungian psychology, for a seemingly inexhaustible source of imagery. |
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| Interviews |
| There is a quality in her work which makes all her
poems hers, but Zonailo’s style does differ. Compendium
is a collection of short, lyrical poetry; Zone 5 of prose. Each
book is an extension of her poetic exploration and a separate expression.
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| Articles |
| Over the years of sitting in Grant's Cafe or the Europa
and talking poetry with Lewis Gretsinger, the questions have been asked:
why write? what are you saying? what are your poetics? |
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| Poems |
Kwaday Dan Sinichi
He is a sign for our times, / a blessing. In the transience / of everyday,
we forget / the history of human life / and cannot see the future. / Now
this forgotten man / lives in each of us / and we are also in action / yet
waiting / to be gathered home, / the future ready to spring / from our bones. |
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| Forthcoming
Titles |
 The
Land of Motionless Childhood is a memoir of short stories by Carolyn
Zonailo about growing up in Vancouver, and her Doukhobor heritage. |
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| Français |
| Venez bientôt ... |
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| Photo
Gallery |
 Pictures
of CZ from her 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. |
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| Literary
Papers |
| Coming soon ... |
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