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Music and Drum: Voices of War and Peace, Hope and Dreams
Music and Drum Voices of War and Peace Hope and Dreams Author:Laura Robb, Debra Lill (Illustrator) A collection of poems that focuses on the effects of war and the hope for peace. The contributors range from well-known writers such as Carl Sandburg and Langston Hughes to young people living in countries torn by violence. The first set of poems addresses the physical and emotional devastation of war. Works such as 11-year-old Amit Tal's &q... more »uot;Father and Son" ("He wanted just this once/To live again with his Dad...But the war silenced the song,/A love song of a father and his son...") strip away any thoughts that war is a heroic conflict without pain and destruction. The second section focuses on peace. These poems look beyond the battles to what can come next. Nine-year-old Matti Yosef writes, "I don't like wars./They end in wreaths and monuments;/I like Peace come to stay,/And it will some day." The final part presents dreams of an existence where war is unknown.« less
Sarah R. (booktopia) reviewed Music and Drum: Voices of War and Peace, Hope and Dreams on
This book brings together poems about war written by survivors, children, and prominent poets like Carl Sandburg and Langston Hughes. The anthology of poems is accompanied by altered and tinted photographic illustrations that are quite striking.