These words, from poet Sonia Sanchez, are provocative.

Nothing ends
every blade of grass
remembering your sound

They're from her poem "Haiku Morning."

I'd love to interview Sanchez, 77,  recently named  Philadelphia's poet laureate, but Zack Heller, of Philadelphia's Two-One-Five Magazine got to her first, with a beautiful profile of Sanchez and her peace project. 

Learning the art of  haiku is yet another possible challenge to walk up to now that I've left my job. Sanchez is encouraging people to write haikus on the subject of peace. Some of these poems will be incorporated in a mural in South Philadelphia this summer, in a joint project with the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia, First Person Arts and the city's Department of Human Services. It's called Peace is a Haiku, and you can compose right on the website.

Here's the haiku that "Stacey" posted on Monday.

Learn to listen again
Hear voices troubles feeling
W/ mindskin handseyes listen