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We are an international group of poets from countries like the United States, Canada, Polands, Turkey, China, Jordan, India, Lebanon and more. We are starting on our sixth year as a collective publishing a book of poetry every month for the last 60 months. We are also diverse in our religious affiliations and practices. Each year there is a cover theme. There have been flowers, trees, gems and birds. Last year, we focus each monthly volume on a society and culture including Maori (December), Highlands Scots, Nez Perce, Oceania, Northern Africa and more. We feel that our poetry creates understanding, improved relationships and international cooperation. We would like to focus our poetry this year on indigenous languages, growing awareness of the value of linguistic and cultural diversity, learning from those who are different and appreciating our similarities. The Inner Child Poetry Posse writes a volume of The Year of The Poet each month with different themes and would like to designate the indigenous languages as the theme for 2019 William S. Peters, Sr. is the founder and leader of the collective and many of us are award winning poets who have presented at International poetry events. Here is a list of the Inner Child Press Poetry Posse Poets who have been involved over the years (the asterisk indicates how many years the person has been involved): Jamie Bond ** Gail Weston Shazor ****** Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco **** Siddartha Beth Pierce ** Janet P. Caldwell *** June ‘Bugg’ Barefield * Debbie M. Allen * Tony Henninger ** Joe DaVerbal Minddancer ***** Robert Gibbons * Neetu Wali * Caroline 'Ceri Naz' Nazareno **** Elizabeth Castillo **** Jen Walls ** Alfreda Ghee ** Anna Jakubczak vel Ratty Adalan ** Bismay Mohanty * Tezmin Ition Tsai ** Ashok K. Bhargava ** Shareef Abdur – Rasheed ****** Kimberly Burnham ****** Ann White ** Jackie Allen ****** Teresa E. Gallion ****** Katherine Wyatt * Hulya N. Yilmaz ****** Keith Alan Hamilton ** Alan W. Jankowski ** Demetrios Trifiatis * Nizar Sartawi *** Alicia C. Cooper * Hrisikesh Padhye * Fahredin Shehu * Faleeha Hassan ** Alicja Maria Kuberska ** Swapna Behera ** Eliza Segiet * William S. Peters, Sr. ****** Each book features three guest poets from the International community and collective members are asked to write one poem directly related to the theme and two more on subjects of their choosing. The theme for 2019 has been designated to focus on indigenous languages in each of the following regions. 1. North American and Native Americans [Buy the Print Book or Download Free eBook] 2. South American Indigenous peoples and Mesoamerica 3. Caribbean Caribbean 4. Africa Central and West Africa 5. Asia Southeast Asia and Maritime Asia 6. Arctic Circumpolar 7. Africa Horn of Africa 8. Asia Southwest Asia and the Middle East 9. Caucasus Caucasus 10. Africa Nile Valley and North Africa 11. Asia Northern Asia, China, Japan, etc. 12. Australia Oceana 
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 This list is constantly being updated. Language—"word" (peace)—Country. I am trying to make it as comprehensive and accurate as possible. Contact Kimberly Burnham with any questions, comments, corrections or additional words.
Found Poems
A found poem is a poem crafted from the words of another—a quote from someone famous or words found on a scrap of paper written by someone unknown to the poet. A found poem can be teased out of the words of a friend or a colleague, occasionally a child. Sometime the words are written out in the same order as they are found, sometimes the order is changed, fine tuned, or adjusted. The words are changed, made the poet's own by what is taken and what is left behind. Choices are made and that makes all the difference. Einstein's Peace, a Found Poem Learn from yesterday peace cannot be kept by force achieve by understanding Live for today look deep into nature do not stop questioning hope for tomorrow's true intelligence imagination will take you everywhere Martin Luther King's Daybreak of Peace, a Found Poem Starless midnight of racism and war in the silence of good people come here on different ships Change the system justice, love, peace become a reality in the bright daybreak of peace unconditional love the final word Walk in the light of creativity stand at times of challenge work for our freedom in the same boat now Virginia Woolf's Peace Poetry, a Found Poem You cannot find peace by avoiding life in every secret of a writer's soul Language and poetry friends and beauty riot and extravagance laughter and anguish Cutting the heart asunder value life more Excepts from Year of the Poet August 2015 Volume [See All 5 Years of Volumes] [Free Download].
Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet: Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. June’s Feature Poets: Shantelle 'elle' McLin, Jacqueline D. E. Kennedy, Abraham N. Benjamin. Roses.
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." ~Elizabeth Kubler Ross  Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet: Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. May’s Feature Poets: Joski the Poet, ReeCee, Shannon Stanton. Dedicated to our Children.
Sonoma County Poet Laureate, “Maya Khosla is an evangelist for poetry and its ability to expand our understanding of our internal and external worlds. Her work is grounded in the intersection between the human and natural environment, and it is easily accessible to anyone who has the opportunity to hear or read it,”
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/entertainment/9276643-181/why-sonoma-county-poet-laureate
Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet: Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. April’s Featured Poets: Fahredin Shehu, Martina Reisz Newberry, Justin Blackburn, Monte Smith. Celebrating April International Poetry Month Contests.
Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet: Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. April’s Featured Poets: Fahredin Shehu, Martina Reisz Newberry, Justin Blackburn, Monte Smith. Celebrating April International Poetry Month Contests.
Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet: Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. March’s Featured Poets: Alicia C. Cooper and Hulya Yilmaz.
Red Juxtaposed
Patterns of red flowing through the fabric of my heart. Rough, red tongued puppy born on a snowy day. Book covering in red, white and orange my chapter, "Fractals: Seeing the Patterns in Our Existence." Edges of red around Time, news on the coffee table. Across the pastel room the hands of time tick against a red background. A brilliant green cycling jersey covering the red of my heart, the blue of my politics. Beet red, "green" drink brightens this February morning. Red intertwined amongst the yellow and green fabric woven with love, a gift from a friend. Bits of ribbon, a velvet book mark, a box of Goddess cards stand as reminders of those I adore. Red framing a beating Japanese character, "Kokoro" at the heart of my mouse pad, token of a far away land where I served my tribe. Tail lights, stop signs, whirling sirens keeping my journey safe as I unearth the colors in my life. — Kimberly Burnham Feature on the cover of the Inner Child Magazine (InnerChildMagazine.com) October 2014 and a published author, Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) is an alternative medicine specialist focused on supporting people with Parkinson's disease, Huntington's ataxia, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, macular degeneration and other brain related issues. Her book, Parkinson's Alternatives is widely available. September, 2014, she presented on alternative medicine approaches to back and hip pain in Parkinson's disease at the Spokane Pain Conference. Kimberly is considered a world authority on Parkinson's disease treatments from the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She offers natural approaches to eliminate Parkinson's and nervous system symptoms. Her publications empower both people with brain disorders and those who love and care about them. Kimberly is also a poet and contributes monthly to a book series by Inner Child Press entitled, The Year of The Poet from the Poetry Posse. In 2013 Kimberly bicycled over 3000 miles from Seattle to Washington, DC on the Hazon Cross USA bicycle ride in support of sustainable agriculture and food justice. She is currently working on a book of poetry about the adventure, The Journey Home, which will be published with the Creating Calm Network Publishing Group. An active social media expert, she is happy to connect on LinkedIn and elsewhere. She lives in Spokane, Washington. With her partner, Elizabeth W. Goldstein and Ann White, Kimberly is editing an anthology published Fall, 2014: Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers. Her essay focuses on her connection to the land and the natural environment. It looks at the song Adamah v'Shamayim (earth and sky). Poet and author, Shirley Kiefer, turned 80 years old and then released her debut book, Love Among the God: Myths of Relationships. West Hartford, Connecticut resident, Shirley Kiefer brings feminist insight to ancient mythology. "It is especially important today with the global rise in violence towards women," says Kiefer, a long time educator, passionate about relationships and learning from literature. Her books include: Love Among the Gods: Myths of Relationship by Shirley Kiefer (2014) published by the Creating Calm Network Publishing Group. Kimberly Burnham Vicki Acquah Jill Delbridge S Michael Kozubek Navy Poet Christena Antonia Valaire Williams JRC Starr Poetress Stuart Irving Marshall Carlos L Wilmot Rae Larie Wynne Y Henry Shirley Kiefer Elizabeth E Castillo Shihi Venus Luna Sonlay Gabrielle Denize Newsam J Barrett Wolf Orarinde Fiyinfoluwa Marshal Lisa Christopher Ryan Carlene Beverly Veronica Haunani Fitzhugh Kalisa M Powell ishmael street Terri L Johnson Sonia Valencia Singh Heartspokenniecy Clayton L Sanders DL I Love Davis Rodica Hapecia RiseRa Light Shey Anne Helton Gayle Howell Lady Silk Yolande Barial Arnita D Doggett Charles SeaBe Banks Shequita Phillips Ellen Kashk Steve McGoy Tantra Zawadi Love Quotes Inner Child Stuff Janet P Caldwell William S Peters Sr' “just bill' Todd "thelyfepoet" Smith 
Poets of the 2014 Inner Child Poetry Posse, featured in The Year of The Poet (Violets): Jamie Bond, Gail Weston Shazor, Albert ‘Infinite’ Carrasco, Siddartha Beth Pierce, Janet P. Caldwell, June ‘Bugg’ Barefield, Debbie M. Allen, Tony Henninger, Joe DaVerbal Minddancer, Robert Gibbons, Neetu Wali, Shareef Abdur–Rasheed, Kimberly Burnham, Jackie Allen, Teresa E. Gallion, Hulya N. Yilmaz, William S. Peters, Sr. February's Featured Poets Teresa E. Gallion, and Robert Gibson.
Chronic Pain, Depression and Healing
"Just over twenty years ago, I was lying in bed in so much physical pain that I begged to be allowed to kill myself. That I didn’t was in large part thanks to my love of poetry, and my mother. She would sit by my bedside in the psychiatric hospital where I had been admitted for severe depression and recite poetry aloud. Some mothers and daughters are bound by a shared love of baking; my mother and I had always been united by poetry. I was a child again, lying in bed as she read to me. It turned out that all these years she had been keeping a book of snippets of poetry, prayer and anecdotes that had particularly struck her, entitled ‘Consolations’" [Read More] https://insidetime.org/deep-and-permanent-the-healing-power-of-words/ from Rachel Kelly 
Thirty-year-old, John Carroll, "found other artists were working [on blackout poetry] from books, not just newspapers. Pulling a Sharpie from his desk and a book from his bag, he set to work cannibalizing the text, obliterating all the words with black ink except for a chosen few that would survive in the form of a new poem. It was creative and destructive, and, within days, he was hooked. Within months, the “hidden messages”—the words his subconscious mind called out—had become less forlorn. Within years, the poems were downright positive. Carroll wasn’t just blacking out words with blackout poetry; he was blacking out his depression. “The daily, meditative process of searching a page for meaning gave me the opportunity to reflect,” he says. “During those hard times, I felt like if I just kept hope in my heart that tomorrow would be better, that I could persist through today. Making blackout poetry opened the door to feeling hopeful again.” [Read more] https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/how-john-carroll-discovered-blackout-poetry-and-accidentally-built-a-community-of-hope/
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Home of the Daily Peace Challenge. Learn about world peace - one word and one language at a time. (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2022 The Meaning of Peace in 10,000 Languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project
Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine)
860-221-8510 phone and what's app. Skype: Kimberly Burnham (Spokane, Washington) NerveWhisperer@gmail.com Author of Awakenings, Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health and P as in Peace, Paix and Perdamiam: an Inner Peace Journal To Stimulate The Brain Kimberly Burnham, The Nerve Whisperer, Brain Health Expert, Professional Health Coach for people with Alzheimer's disease, Memory Issues, Parkinson's disease, Chronic Pain, Huntington's Ataxia, Multiple Sclerosis, Keratoconus, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Neuropathy, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries, Brain Health Coaching ... Contact Kimberly Burnham in Spokane Washington (860) 221-8510 NerveWhisperer@gmail.com. Chat with Kimberly about Parkinson's, Poetry or other Brain related issues.
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Poet-In-Residence Position
I am looking for guest blog opportunities and a position as poet-in-residence. My current project is writing dictionary poems using words in different languages for the English word "peace." You can read some of my poems on Poemhunter . As poet-in-residence I would write poems on different words in different languages and broadcast them throughout the social media blogosphere. Each poem would link back to your site where the word or language appeared. I would expect some sort of stipend and a six month to one year placement. Please contact me for details if your organization is interested in having a poet-in-residence to help get your message out. Nervewhisperer@gmial.com 
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