Peace Poem (John Denver)

I really like the Peace Poem by John Denver.
Read it for the first time when I was in 9th standard, but till date I love it.

I had used this poem in one of my extempores in Army School, Barrackpore.

A toast to the old times......

There's a name for war and killing,

There's a name for giving in,

When you know another answer,

For me, the name is sin.


But there is still time to turn around,

And make all hatred cease,

And give another name to living,

And we could call it peace.


And peace would be the road we walk,

Each step along the way

And peace would be the way we work

And peace the way we play.

And in all we see that's different

And in all the things we know,

Peace would be the way we look

And peace the way we grow.

There's a name for separation.

There's a name for first and last.

When it's all of us or nothing,

For me, that name is past.


But there still is time to turn around

And make all hatred cease

And give a name to all the future

And we could call it peace.


And if peace is what we pray for,

And peace is what we give,

Then peace will be the way we are

And peace the way we live.


Yes, there is still time to turn around

And make all hatred cease.

Let's give another name to living

And we can call it PEACE.