Best Unalienable Poems
He says he saw "(this nation's)
Identity sold and robbed by immigration..."
And I remember
My first day teaching at the border school
First one there that August morning
Cows were grazing on the lawn
I walked into the office to report them
and the secretary laughed, "They're Hector's.
They sneak over the border sometimes.
He's on his way to get them."
The crossing was two blocks away
There was a hole in the fence
Where all the kids from Mexico
Who attended school in America, crossed
Customs and border patrol agents knew them
AND watched them come and go
Safely
It really was an open border then
And no one felt their identity was threatened
America was built on the backs of immigrants
And those who came in chains
They worked for pennies and nothing at all
While white culture treated them as inferiors
Are we losing our identity as white supremacists
Because people of nonwhite culture refuse to be our inferiors
GOOD
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of Independence (if you read)
People coming to America to live free and pursue their happiness
Robs our identity
Really?
People coming to America to live free and pursue their dreams
IS our identity
not January 6 insurrectionists
not election deniers
not voting rights suppressors
NOT white supremacists
who are destructive to others' lives, liberty, and their happiness
My duty as a TRUE American Patriot is to call you out
You threaten the very principles upon which this nation stands
And like it or not, we will confront you, and block your way
This great country is made of great people,
not narrow minded _____
(Whatever fits)
I'm out
Categories:
unalienable, america, immigration, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
being born in a certain place
having a relation with a certain race
a melting pot of every creed and color
yet one race with each other
being born in the United States
each of us having a different face
yet being here by Gods grace
a freedom found like in no other place
from persecutions some escaped
to a better dream a new land scape
a struggle to get here where hope would strive
certain reward if you just stayed alive
to give themselves rights they dared
unalienable rights the fathers declaired
we fight for those freedoms everyday
even though we fight from a grave
no one asked the ones who died slaves
if they had the right to make them slaves?
even thought the rights they gave themselves
didn't apply to slaves though they bred children
and taught them Gods way they were still slaves
and now that freedom has found equality
does that standard still apply?
where they're rights still out weigh
those who were denied
(to be continued)
Categories:
unalienable, psychological,
Form:
Blank verse
Patriotism is in the air,
And sentiments high,
Cataclysm is over,
Liberation heaves a sigh!
Insufferable inequality,
Now is ineffable ecstasy,
Undeterred determination,
And honourable judiciary !
Providential independence,
Undisputed Unification,
Living to credence,
Spirit of nationalism!
All men created equal, by creator endowed with certain,
Unalienable rights- life, liberty and pursuit of happiness!
** last two lines have been taken from Abraham Lincoln's centrepiece of rhetoric ( in Gettysburg address of 1863) and is a well known statement on human rights
Written on 12/7/14
Contest- patriotism
Sponsor- Isaiah Zerbst
Awarded 3rd place
Categories:
unalienable, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
There is a potential so pure in your nature
that it be nexus between diviner and rapture
where freedom finds the fire of Prime Creator
deep in the brain's interior, a glandular mind expander
crossfertilizer of electrochemical ego and soul sorcerer,
the pineal pinnacle, receptor of solar miracle, regulator of the nocturnal wanderer
it is the tip of your spinal staff, the lituus which levies the chakra current into hypermatter,
33 skeletal sigils bridge the neural signals from root to bloom in the theta theater
as an inner vision of ajna becomes an outter creation of prajna in an unfailing future
with liberty being the law of wherewithal in a world wanting war with the philosopher,
passion becomes the parchment that your rights are riddled upon in cosmic character
unalienable imagination, undeniable in purification of reason unleashing the lotus tiger
into landscapes of raw physics where starry scriptures are alive in the instincts of an originator -
J.A.B.
Categories:
unalienable, magic,
Form:
Didactic
All creatures great and small,
from the smallest microbe to the largest animal of all.
Our living planet provides life for a mass variety of species.
Marine life is full of massive numbers of species of great diversity.
Bacteria, crustaceans, fishes, mammals, amphibians and also jellies.
Land dwelling life also has many life specie variations
Bacteria, Insects, reptiles, birds, worms
and among the mammals are us humans,
and the last variety of other life species that are also important to mention
exist beneath our deepest oceans and seas
as well as far as on land one can see.
The millions of different species of vegetation.
We may think ourselves the specie most superior
but no life is worth more or less than any other.
All creatures great and small
have an unalienable right
to their one and only life
however great or small.
Categories:
unalienable, animals, peoplelife, life, planet,
Form:
Rhyme
What does one do, when they feel forgotten?
What good are tears unseen or sobs unheard
and when the tree of liberty seems to be rotten
because they’ve been dismissed and rejected at a word?
What does one do, when they’re silenced
for viewing the world through their own eyes?
What does one do when they’re trapped and tied down
when they’re kicked and there’s no help around?
What does one do, when frightened?
When chains are thrown o’er them and tightened?
When prayers are raised but seem unheard
when one feels abandoned and alone in the world?
What does one do, when self-evident truths
get wiped away in anonymous booths,
and the winners, gloat and show no mercy
because the people have spoken
and whatever one does, will bring controversy
so tell me…what does one do?
What does one do, when threatened?
When dismayed or betrayed and their back to the blade
and the liberty bell is cracked, and rings no more
at least not for them, and not on these shores,
because for some it’s better to be right,
then to worry for others, or to fight in their fight.
So I ask, what does one do when singled out
for their religion, or color or body or mind
when the rest of the world seems so suddenly blind?
What does one do when their neighbors turn
an apathetic eye to the border wall
symbolically standing as a reminder to all
that unalienable only applies to un-aliens?
That life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
are not rights at all, but prizes to earn.
You should have chosen more thoughtfully where to be born
if you wanted rights beyond struggle and scorn.
What does one do, when freedom’s flame dims out;
when lady liberty gets smothered in a pompous mist?
What does one do to pretend it’s ok
when the rhetoric prevailing on any given day
is a torrent of doubt about their hard-earned place
and could orphan their children, and threatens to chase
them all “back whence they came.”
Tell me, from your anonymous place,
what would you do?
Would you peacefully sit and hope for the best,
and put your trust in your fellow man?
Would you “come together as one”
with those who voted that you don’t matter?
Would you wave freedom’s banner aloft in the breeze,
as your freedom was being seized?
No seriously, what would you do?
11/11/16
Categories:
unalienable, anxiety, betrayal, freedom, history,
Form:
Free verse
the cool breeze fondles
the old tattered flag as it
hangs on the flagpole
displaying it's frayed faded
colors of red, white, and blue
fluid in the wind
drawing your ears to the flags
flapping sounds trying
to tell manifold stories
of men and women's valor
8/19/2017
The Committee of Five edited Jefferson's draft. Their version survived further edits by the whole Congress intact, and reads:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ——
Happiness; 1776 the common meaning may have been "prosperity, thriving, wellbeing"
Categories:
unalienable, color, freedom, war,
Form:
Tanka
Ummm...
What's the difference?
Who are we to think we're so smart?
Who gave us the God (always male) who told us that?
How's it workin' out for you
thinkin' 'bout
“unalienable rights”?
Or thinkin' 'bout how
you're gonna pay your bills
when your salary's frozen
but the price of food and gasoline
isn't?
Age old,
I'm told.
Believe it's time to get bold.
And take it to the streets....
no matter how crazy it looks.
Categories:
unalienable, adventure,
Form:
Concrete
Life on earth is a large platform where people show the highness or lowness of spirits of their lives. A queue in time bargaining for the much-awaited satisfaction in life. Just like in litigation, we all undergone proceedings in order to determine our unalienable rights --from conception to birth--judgment has been made whether to preserve or to abandon a life. Is it the longest day of waiting to be born on this earth? Not until we begin to crawl and cry weakly; run and stumble many times; stutter while trying to express the feelings, and get the needed fostering from parents that we realize all these as part of the stages of life. Is it the longest day of molding life inside the house? Not until we are brought up learning under the doctrine of the school to get further knowledge that we see a brighter future. We struggled hard to the academic discussion--from shapes, numbers, reading and into writing, we learned and been guided coherently. Is it the longest day of waiting for commendation? Not until we stepped out from our alma mater and into the challenging workforce that we feel the test of life. We faced many setbacks and blows but determination made us choose to get on it until we gradually climb into the targeted rank. Is it the longest day of the tiring effort to make a living? Not until we retired from work and have seen the fruits of our effort that we begin to feel good enough. As growing old is inevitable, it is about changes in yourself and life. Eyesight begins to dim and hearing fails, agility has turned into weakness, and health deteriorated until you sigh, “It is time to lay all worries to rest and maneuver myself into an open fluorescent green field.”
For all we know, it is still not the end of waiting until we see our next generation coming into being and deserving to be treated as such.
Noel N. Villarosa
12 February 2013
Categories:
unalienable, day, journey, life, time,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Extraordinarily
sterling law pedigree
Jackson, Ketanji Brown's
confirmation went down:
no ugly fight.
Ology, Elegy
What's this fresh hell I see?
Lenient sentencing,
can't define womanhood,
natural rights.
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Name ordered based on meter only: dactyl, dactyl
As an answer to a written question, Jackson wrote, "I do not hold a position on whether individuals possess natural rights." In a country where our Declaration of Independence reads, "“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness," that answer alone should have been grounds for disqualification, but SCOTUS has become entirely political.
Further, she would not provide a definition for a woman, indicating that "she was not a biologist."
I have no issue with her race or her sex. We have a black man and several woman justices. No issues there whatsoever!!! Not supporting a common understanding of natural rights is disqualifying, IMHO, but congrats to her, she's confirmed. Elections have consequences.
Just calling 'em like I see 'em...
Categories:
unalienable, political,
Form:
Double Dactyl
"All men and woman created by you know, you know the thing"
You know... the thing from which it actually states "all men are created equal."
You know... the thing from which "we hold these truths to be self-evident."
You know... the thing from which "that they are endowed by their Creator."
You know... the thing for which blood was shed and we died for "with
certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
You know.. the thing where it says "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
And you know... where the thing also says "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
You know... the thing... the thing.
The thing that established what you swore an oath to defend... the thing.
The thing for which oceans bled red on foreign shores to remove flags of red like fascism, communism, and imperialism... the thing.
The thing called blood, that soaked dirt so through and through, that it created mud that stained our sons and daughters so deep that it penetrated their mind and soul with PTSD... the thing.
The thing...
Yes, that thing...
That thing we call God
That thing we call Country
That thing we call Family
That thing we call FREEDOM
Yes, that thing.
That thing we take so much for granted.
That thing that we should hold so dear, that for which we would die.
That thing that we should love so much, that we would send our sons and daughter to die to defend.
Yes! That thing.
That thing that pisses us off, that you would elect a person who would simply call it "the thing," you know... "the thing."
Yes! That thing... that thing, Americans care about.
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JOE BIDEN FLUBS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND GETS BELLIGERENT: ‘YOU KNOW THE THING!’ 3/2/2020
Poem by Martin Braun, 3/4/2020
Categories:
unalienable, america,
Form:
Carpe Diem
In case you didn't know
We celebrate today
- the day of Independence
"the day that the Lord hath made"
the day that America's sons and daughters
had fought a war and won
the day that we are no longer under British's control
or is it England?
the day that we became a nation
the day that we declared "all men are created equal,
that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights,
and among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776)
the day that we sing a National Anthem
and know that yes we have come far and still has more to go
the day that our sons and daughters are still fighting
a war - a war to maintain life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
They are now in foreign lands maintaining the peace
so that we can enjoy our peace here at home
the day that no one should say "I have it" and forget
that it belongs to the Creator
- a day that we no longer have
as we give it all to the Lord
God, help us to celebrate this day
and never forget that in you we have our celebrations
In you we have our moments of triumph
In you that we have peace
joy, and whatever that comes with it
In you that the men and women of America has not fought in vain
In you that we finally see the light
that unless You made it
all would be for naught
Yeah God You made it
so we can enjoy it
Yeah with barbecues and all the trimmings
with friends and family milling all around
with Hobo and Scarlet at your side
Yeah this is the day
where I stuff myself
and go on a diet tomorrow
Yeah this is the day :)
Categories:
unalienable, celebration, faith,
Form:
Free verse
I didn't say, "Don't do it," but I never knew it was on your mind.
I didn't say, "Things will be OK, even though the world is not often kind,"
and I never said, "What's the matter? What has gotten you to feel this way?"
Now you're gone and all I'm left with are the things I didn't say.
I didn't say, "I'm here for you." I always thought that was understood.
With every thing that we'd been through,
why wouldn't I be there for you like I should?
I never said life was easy. No one could ever make such a claim.
Now the things we didn't say haunt the better part of our days.
Now mostly sad memories of you remain.
Ironically now I must ask you this and I don't mean it to sound like a joke
but, could it have killed you to take a few more extra moments
and maybe leave your loved ones a note?
You left too many questions unanswered. You left your loved ones heartbroken,
lost in total dismay.
Your last day will now and always be remembered as such,
The Birthday of Things We Didn't Say.
*
My good friend Sonny did not naturally die.
My good friend Sonny committed suicide.
I don't judge such choices made by others anymore.
It's an individual's unalienable right to choose how to exit life's door.
What they don't have the right to do is to leave unfinished business behind.
It's their loved ones who suffer afterward struggling to find peace of mind.
One moment you were with us all and everything seemed fine.
Next you were found hanging from your ceiling wearing a neck tie of twine.
I'm not saying this lightly Sonny, that was no way to say good bye.
It's very sad but true, I rarely have fond memories of you.
I only remember how you chose to die,
and I'll never stop asking "Why?"
Categories:
unalienable, death, friendship, loss, sadfriend,
Form:
Rhyme
“America the beautiful, the home of our brave.”
Liberty is what our neighboring allies long for and crave.
“The world will little not, nor long remember” what was once said.
“This nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.” echo in our heads.
“All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights”
“ Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” is the precise innocence and purity
our nation admirably honors and fights.
“The people, for the people, by the people will not perish from this earth.”
Together, we ascend from the chaos and rejoice our nations rebirth.
Valor and hardiness together; as one nation, “United we stand.”
Perseverance and justice; superbly havens our homeland.
U.S. troops protect and shield us for what is truthfully right.
Our flag proudly salutes our nation, all day and all night.
America “O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
“This be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave”
Categories:
unalienable, devotion, family, inspirational, people,
Form:
Idyll (Idyl)
It's the sleepless moments that define me:
Shattered
Unresolved to the illusion of affluence and prosperity.
Addition involves numbers...
Margins, profits, realty
which
Marginalize the prophets under the reality
that the bottom line hangs
Righteously
Above
those on the
bottom.
Color is never as important as the color
Green
Which stains and devours
The red
The white
The blue
Metaphor that is "unalienable" or "manifest destiny" or more clearly
A "Dream" we are too comfortable living in and for and with
While
Suffering stirs just behind our sight "by the dawn's early light."
It is 6:12 am.
I am awake, again.
Angry.
Unapologetic.
Un-American
because, I feel,
Deeply,
The cries of humanity,
Drowning
Out the illusion of
Nationality.
I dream no more.
Categories:
unalienable, natural disasters, angst,
Form:
Free verse