Token of Life (A poem)

   WITH THANKS FROM SAMIMA

                            OF

          Poems by Samima

                                      

                                                               When life gives a token to retrospect

Smile for good & learn from bad days

Permeate through past, let never invade

It’s the memory lane not cliches.

Man is nature’s best marvel,

Unique in his own state

Deals with adventures in life

And survives its monotony, when overplayed.

Wisdom is to keep on running

No matter how long or what it takes

The destination is already set

But paramount is the joy one makes.

Canadian Peace Alliance: Time to wage war against carbon emissions

Copenhagen. Cancun. Durban. Another year, another collective disappointment for people all over the world looking to the UN climate talks to produce the urgently
needed international action addressing the emergency of climate change. (For updates as negotiations wrap-up tonight or this weekend.
Luckily, even while the big polluters and obstructionists like the Harper government keep the world fiddling, there are grassroots movements and indigenous communities leading the struggle for climate action and climate justice. In April 2010, they convened in Bolivia and gave the world the Cochabamba People's Agreement. It's worth re-reading today, especially if you are feeling despair about the talks at Durban.