Best Documents Poems
As the celebration of America's independence approaches, I am thinking of our nation's relationship to God relative to America's great documents.
In the play, Raisin In The Sun, the daughter Beneatha had grown weary with believing and trusting in the God of her family. However, When she expressed her own mind in the presence of her mother by saying that God was simply 'An Idea', there was a 'reality check in 'Mama's House'. Her mother demanded that Beneatha repeats these words after her, "In my mother's house, there is always God".
If you have ever entertained the thought of giving up on America, think again. In these United States of America, there is still God. God is yet breathing eternal life into millions of Americans. We do not have to strain our eyes to find God flowing throughout the geographical space called America. Moreover, for more than 400 years, we have found him being acknowledged on the written pages of many of America's great documents.
In a resent study of several American documents, my findings revealed what I suspected. There were multiple references of God. The findings might engender a "So What!" in some, and a "Laughable Indifference" in others. Personally, I do not take it lightly, because it gives us a better hope for a brighter tomorrow in America.
References to God have been from the founding of our country until now, deeply entrenched in many of America's great documents. The six documents I chose to see where references of God were written: The Magna Carta of 1215, The Mayflower Compact of 1620, The Declaration of Independence of 1776, The Articles of Confederation of 1778, The Constitution of The United States of 1787, and The Gettysburg Address of 1865.
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4. The Articles of Confederation 1778
Three references: "The year of our Lord", first paragraph; "The year of our Lord", last paragraph; "Great Governor of the world", Article X111, 2nd. paragraph
5. The Constitution of The United States 1787
Two references: "Year of our Lord", Article V11, 2nd. paragraph; "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", Amendment 1, Section 1
6. The Gettysburg Address 1865
Two references: "Created equal", 1st. Paragraph; "This nation under God", 3rd. Paragraph
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1. The Magna Carta 1215
This was a British Document which also governed the colonies before we became an independent nation. I found seven expressions of God and references to the church. "Grace of God", "Will of God", "Honor of God", "Granted to God", 1st. Paragraph, "That the English church shall be free", 1st. Paragraph, "For the sake of God", 61st. Paragraph, "That the English Church shall be free", 63rd. Paragraph
2. The Mayflower Compact 1620
Four phrases: "Grace of God", "Glory of God", "Christian Faith", "Presence of God"
3. The Declaration of Independence 1776
Four references: "Nature's God", 1st. Paragraph; "Created equal", 2nd Paragraph; "Their creator", 2nd. Paragraph; "Divine Providence", Last sentence
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MY VIETNAM VETERAN HUSBAND AND I RETURNED HOME TO A HORROR INTRUDERS PICKING OUR LOCKS RIPPING PAGES AGAIN AN ONGOING 23 YEAR HEIST FIR DOCUMENTS MILITARY IMMUNIZATION RECORDS OF MY KIDS THE DAYS I WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI I WOUKD OFTEN TAKE THE KIDS TO GET SHOTS BEING IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER SCHOOL FBI RECEIPTS ARLINGTON HEIGHTS FIELD OFFICE ALONG WITH MY CHILDREN SHOT RECORDS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES THIS STALKER PICKS THE LOCK WITH BROKEN HANGERS FINALLY OPENS OUR MILITARY TRUNKS AND BEGAN GOING THROUGH CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTS IN OUR HOME BLESSING SHE GOT A BAD CUT WHILE HANDLED MEDICAL RECORDS FROM 1966 LEAVING BLOOD STAINS FINALLY PLACING STICKERS ON PAGES DOCUMENTS MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH SUFFER FROM PTSD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY WE ARE VERY DRAINS AFRAID AT TIMES SHE ACTUALLY POINTED AN ASSAULT RIFLE FROM ACROSS THE STREET RED DOTS BEAMING IN OUR WINDOW IDENTITY FRAUD IS A HORRID THING WITH DATA BREACHES THESE THIEVES PULL HOME INVASIONS HEIST UPON MILITARY FAMILIES THE SMELL OF HER BLOOD TOXIC SADNESS THAT VIETNAM VETERANS FAMILIES WE SPEND OUR LIFE PLANTING FLOWERS PLANTING TREES PAINTING BRICKS FOR THE FALLEN LINING OUR HOME WITH FAITH CHARITY MOST OF THESE IS LOVE THE LOVE OF GIVING GODS EARTH I ADORE WATCHING THE TREES SWAY WITH THE FLAG WAVING WE ARE AMERICAN I REALIZE IT'S CIRO GARGANO ANGRY BITTER ALL THESE YEARS TERRORISTS THREATS ATTEMPTS TO EXTORT BLACKMAIL MILITARY FAMILIES MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THIS DEADLY TERROR REMINDING ME OF WITNESSING THE MURDER OF RASTA ANDREW HIS BLOOD STAINED MY DOORWAY HE ARRIVED WAVING HIS GUN TO MURDER ME BY GODS GRACE HE WAS KILLED BEFORE HE KILLED ME MY STALKERS IS HIS LONGTIME GIRL FRIEND TONI HER DAUGHTER JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY JAMAICAN DEALERS DANITA DELMONT AGENT TALISHA SHAW ALICIA HILTON KIWANI BUGGS LEAVING BLOOD STAINS BEHIND ON OUR FLAGS AND PAINTED BRICKS FOR THE FALLEN GOD BLESS AMERICA
the edge of the universe, the milky way, the sun, the planet, the continent, the country, the city, the apartment building, the old concierge friendly face, the creaky elevator, nobody's home, the elevator, the friendly face, the building, the city, the country, the continent and so on.
going far away,
make sure you did not forget
documents and keys
Documents of Croatian
Documents of Croatian
Foreign correction
In oils blemishing
So fine
The jealousy of time
In all worlds
Cannot stop us
As poverty
As crime
Time peaces us apart further
Than our refusals mimes
Hatred in poise
Taught nothing
In passing glance
Times rot
Beckons fascination
“Hello, officer—why block me from the site?”
“Mr. Minister, orders from above.”
“From above? Your building has no papers.”
“No sir. Soldiers don’t need papers to build.”
No one defies an order from above—
illegal or not, it still stands tall.
Oga is always right; no bloody civilian
dares question the law his mouth is the law.
But Minister, must you chase ghosts to every site?
What if the gentle officer had pumped lead
into your belly—an accidental discharge?
Next time, wear the vest; save us the funeral.
Fifty-something is too young to bury a thief.
Generals never retire; politicians only
cross-carpet or vanish.
Focus, sir—
embezzle cleanly, let the vault stay fat.
Why is your tummy still flat?
Have snakes and rats swallowed the cash,
or is it mixed with faeces in the soakaway?
Spend it, sir—septic money never smells.
NB: "Oga" is borrowed from Nigerian English meaning "boss".
"Bloody Civilian" is the derogatory way Nigerian military men address Civilians trying to challenge their authority.
"snakes, rats swallowing money" and "money buried in soakways" are some of the ways Nigerian corrupt officials have used to describe how money put in their care disappears.
"soakway" means septic tank.