Freedom Baby Poems

Dear Enemy, 
I will wish you well and set you free. 
Your words and knife, 
will no longer hurt me. 
Too bad it all had...

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We'd tore into the city traveling over twenty two towns 
stopping briefly at the Chicago health department so 
the children and I could received immunizations...

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Do you think you have a right to actually intrude 
as if you have the right to say what children they produce 
your objection a...

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free  
brings one  
peaceful life  
sleep good tonight  
dream  

...

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Blue collared dice are tossed into fire lake.
Void of sevens and angels. 
Heaven never seemed so far away-

Our collective innocents...
stuck on a glue strip of...

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in 1923 girl babies were named Nancy, Susan and Ann
boy babies were christened John, Michael, and Joe
then the flappers came along and changed everything
Now girls...

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Peace~oh peace where do you hide,                                    where...

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In twenty twenty- three,                     ...

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I looked out my window and what did I see,               ...

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Dear Lord, I come to you with a heavy heart on my knees I pray for you to watch over my son yes my baby...

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Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.

 

Date Written: 8/4/2022

2 Place

Childhood...

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Future Dreams

The hot water in the teapot
is boiling and the kettle whistling loudly. 
It seems to have gotten hot, very quickly, 
as if time was...

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Ultra-sound

I see you. 
I see you there, 
inside of me. 
How can that be? 

What a miracle you are? 
What a joy to come in...

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Counting Beats

There is a machine, 
that the doctor has, 
it is sheer magic. 
It can be placed on the belly of a mother, 
and the...

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Seeds

The mystery... 
the very miracle of seeds
eludes me completely. 
I put a small, 
tiny,
round,
shape into the soil. 
I water the hopeful kernel, 
and it sprouts...

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