Two of the earlier "Encounters" (III and IV) were, with some humerous intent, structurally derived from certain tenets of war: Strategy, Truce of God (a medieval practice), and Tatics. In "Encounters VII" the approach is more personal, being based on various anti-war poems. Each section of the work, except for the opening, begins by quoting in Morse code the first words of a specific poem, and then goes on to a musical setting. The Morse code is woven into the musical fabric as a paramater. 1st Code: "Blessed are the Peacemakers" - Matthew 5:9 2nd Code: "Ah, What a Sound Wiil Rise" and 3rd Code: "Is it, O Man, with such Discordant Noises..." - from "The Arsenal at Springfield by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4th Code: "Suffering of this World" - Issa 5th Code: "The Jewish Conscript: For a Jew that they hung on the Bloody Cross (He aksi died in vain)" - from "The Jewish Conscript (1916) by Florence Kiper Frank