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Land of the Free

Land of the free??? Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shores, Send those, the homeless, Tempest-toss to me, I lift my lamp besides the golden door Enter welcome to liberty Come enjoy this land A nation built by the sweat and blood of immigrates A chance for freedom A chance for the American dream We come along a way from that statement From embracing arms to protest rallies Hate spells from the top down Laws passed to shut down the boarders If the dream is to live America Like those who came many years ago Why is it now That we do no longer want The tired, the poor, the homeless The children who suffer the most Scared of the mob formed Chatting slogans on hate It is the norm to make fun of this situation Who will do the work Americans will not do? They are stealing jobs from Americans God’s presence is sprinkled over the founding fathers From their beliefs To our constitution Where has the love gone? Why do we now not practice what god taught us Love thy neighbor as you would love thy self Are we now a loveless nation? Are we now a Godless nation? Here in America you must speak English first If that is the case Then why do I not hear us speaking the language of Native American Go back where you come from We do not want you here Send back lady liberty We seemed to have forgot her message We have Forgot the nation that embraced the lost.

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Date: 9/26/2014 10:05:00 PM
Magnificent write Honcho! Congrats on big win!
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Date: 9/26/2014 9:48:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning poem and GOD BLESS AMERICA, land of the free. We love her. God bless you and happy writing, Gina
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Regina Mcintosh
Date: 9/26/2014 9:49:00 PM
Stop by the blog for the free verse contest if you have time.

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