back to basics

04 Jul 2020 7 Comments

by lynn__ in question poem, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

 

My fellow Americans,

What is happening to our country?

We are ONE nation but some are trying to divide us!

Have we forgotten our pledge of allegiance to her?

America’s past isn’t perfect; let us learn from our mistakes.

America’s future is full of promise if we reach for her ideals;

If we preserve freedom’s principle to protect individual rights,

If we respect our Constitution and agree to live united under law.

Have we forgotten GOD who is the source of life, law, and justice?

Let us humble ourselves, give thanks for our blessings of opportunity,

and keep working together toward true liberty and justice for ALL!

 

1rwyie

 

 

riot-ous indig-nation

04 Jun 2020 19 Comments

by lynn__ in rhyming verse, tercet Tags: , , , , ,

twenty-twenty’s canceled year
contagious virus threatens death
people hiding at home in fear

victim fights for final breath
under law officer’s cruel knee
“racism!” claimed as shibboleth

martyr suspect held up to be
reason for more murder and mayhem
lady justice still cries to be free

every violence we must condemn
learn to listen before we speak
protect dignity of all shades of men

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Frank challenges us to write verse in triplets (tercets) at dVerse today. I used ABA BCB CDC rhyme scheme for my current events poem. Pray for America!

veiled tears

06 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: , , , ,

 

Choctaw nation land

low mist filters thru dead treesIMG_0476

ancestor spirits

crying out for true justice

turnpike poverty hidden

 

elusive dream

15 Aug 2017 21 Comments

by lynn__ in quadrille Tags: , , , , ,

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”   – Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

What happened
to distinctly american
dream

of liberty & justice IMG_4629
for ALL,

equal opportunity
regardless
of race?

What happened
to respect
for human life,

our constitutional
law & order,

non-violent freedom of
speech & assembly?

What happened
to ONE nation

under God?

Wake to dream again!

 

 

 

Quadrille (44 words) for dVerse Poets  where De invites us to dream together!  

acrostic in chalk

09 Nov 2016 20 Comments

by lynn__ in acrostic Tags: , , , ,

 

A mericans have voted

F or the next president

T ogether on day after

E lection we must be

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photo by lynn

R esolved to work for

 

E veryone’s interests

L oving our neighbors

E ven as ourselves

C oming together in

T hankfulness for this

I ndivisible nation united

O n liberty and justice

N ot just for us but for all

 

 

 

Link to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads today.  

Infographic on acrostic poem at TweetSpeak Poetry.