A poem here above in video, with words, voice & images by our poet laureate Colin Goedecke, all musically-scored, for the PyeongChang Forum for the Earth & Its Citizens, and for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Its athletes, observers, and the wider world. A centerpiece of our larger cultural offering, of written, spoken and visual poems, in the spirit of trucefulness ~ and as a call to deeper consciousness, inner and outer peacefulness...and the freedom to be, grow and compete...
The Times of Truce
When the blowing
winds cease.
When the swelling
seas settle down.
When the earth
enters a still point
near dawn,
near dusk.
Or the night skies
grow silent
with stars.
Whenever the world
of Nature
makes peace
with itself.
And Man
mirrors that
peace in himself;
gives free leave
to his fellow man.
These are the times
when rare and
graceful plumes of truce,
deep spirits of unity,
community
can be found and
greatly felt --
by everything living.
Be remembered and
honored --
by everyone,
young to old,
hearkening.
Colin Goedecke
for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics
Winter 2018