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

 

 

none quick enough

11 Sep 2018 15 Comments

by lynn__ in quadrille Tags: , , , ,

De hosts “quick” quadrille at dVerse and I remembered the line from Apostles’ Creed. “Quick” may be archaic for “living” (which we use now) but still fits.

 

“He will come to judge the quick and the dead.”

who appoints us
to be another’s judge?

who designates our
high court as supreme?

who dares to live
as law unto himself?

Someday each one will tremble
on holy ground in Judge Jesus’ presence.

 

 

for us and our posterity…

30 Jun 2018 9 Comments

by lynn__ in tanka Tags: , , , ,

 

liberty in law

men died for independence

let’s govern ourselves

constitutional freedoms

preserved in the bill of rights

 

 

LET
FREEDOM
RING !

 

Linking to Frank J. Tassone’s Haiku Challenge…

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!