Declaration Of Independence Poems - Poems about Declaration Of Independence

Declaration of Independence By Franklin Price 11/17/2020 Not yet were we a country Not yet the U.S.A. England was not listening To what we had to say Had no control of what we did Not represented for our tax We declared our independence A short summary of the facts Today we find ourselves again At a freedom ending place Technology and ultra-rich Are taking England's place Mass media now...

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The Declaration of Independence ~~~~Drafted by Thomas Jefferson~~~~~ Tomorrow is Independence Day! But his hometown, refuses to honor him any longer. He once owned slaves, so in our history, is a goner. Do people think he beat them or what? The seething, Dog Whistle crowd thinks it's not kashrut. So look for statues of the famous to fall, While the angry Americans shop,...

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Dissect is a no-nonsense word, meaning to cut up, to cut open, to examine in detail. My first recalled encounter with dissecting took place in my high school biology class where we dissected a frog. That was more than 50 years ago, and I suspect that frog dissecting is no longer allowed. But...

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I got tired of being called a hillbilly from the sticks. So I built a time machine and traveled back to 1776. I intended to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This was a fantastic historical moment that needed my attendance. But my time machine landed on Thomas Jefferson before the document was written. The document wouldn't exist...

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"I PROUDLY PROCLAIM: I did it for me! Not of guilt, nor shame. A simple desire to end Heroin's evil reign! For once in my life, I gave "Change" a fair chance. Because one can only move forward, when willing to advance. With each new passing day, life gives itself back. The train that I derailed, returns to its tracks. Still... I...

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I AM FREE OF YOU I AM FREE OF ME I AM FREE OF US I AM FREE OF ALL I WANT NOT I WANT ALL I TAKE NOT I TAKE ALL I GIVE NOT I GIVE ALL I BELIEVE NOT I BELIEVE ALL I DISBELIEVE NOT I DISBELIEVE ALL I UNDERSTAND NOT I UNDERSTAND ALL I KNOW NOT I KNOW ALL I HEAR NOT I...

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Alone in the night gazing at the beauty of a celestial masterpiece yet untouched by the cover of cloud, an unrelenting silence is interrupted by the insistent ticking of an old grandfather clock in the parlor. A candle with a dual wick, rests upon a table made of knotty pine roughly chiseled to add a rustic touch; providing my only light, intensifies...

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Take your filthy strands of reasoning, shedding off-white from my hair. I claim this fistful of universe as my own. Let my mind expand and dance, unfettered in the fall -in glory- Let the rain cleanse my faith again as I sing to a god I know but have never understood. Let me brush quick-healing scars through the sky with my...

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