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Bill of Rights

Words of power, words of might This is called our Bill of Rights Religion, assembly, petition, press and speech To never take away these rights Amendment 1 does teach A well regulated militia, right to keep and bear our arms Amendment 2 gave us these rights to keep us far from harm No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in our home As promised by Amendment 3 we will be left alone The threat to search us as a people without a probable cause Amendment 4 gives us the right to deny without a pause No person shall be subject to the same offense twice For Amendment 5 objects to it, firmly and precise In criminal prosecutions, there should be speedy trials For Amendment 6 has declared that should be our style Should another owe me in cash that's more than twenty By Amendment 7 I can sue him all the plenty Cruel and unusual punishments should never be inflicted Because by Amendment 8 these actions are restricted Should my common rights be taken in any shape or form I will know in Amendment 9 that this is not the norm Powers not the government's shall belong to us the states Amendment 10 will allow no one to decide upon our fate Words of power, words of might This is called our Bill of Rights.

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Date: 2/6/2014 12:42:00 PM
I really enjoyed reading this poem. The Bill of Rights is described very well. I also say that for punishment of our country - There are too many people in power. Thanks for sharing and welcome to Poetry Soup..... Lucilla
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Linda Xiao
Date: 2/6/2014 4:27:00 PM
Thank you! :D This was something I had to do for school actually; it was supposed to be a rap of some kind. Haha. xD Again, thanks so much for your opinion and compliment! :D ~Linda

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