Rain Freedom Poems

My Land

This is my land. 
I will cultivate, love, and cherish my land. 
I will choose when Spring will come, 
I will choose my own...

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Not tethered to a soul, I walk alone,
A captain on this course, my heart my own.
No master's hand directs my wandering feet,
My path unfolds, a...

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The words of my soul are not just for me,
The words that follow were like a decree.
“These words are eternal, I share with thee,
To be...

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I knew a spy who told me her truths.
She told me her lies so I could never surmise where the line lies, the line of...

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Verse:
Calamity, atrocity... 
Lord, if you please,
we need a little help.
Monstrosity, ferocity...
Here on our knees,
we pray for your strong Hand 

To ease this pain, bring on...

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Herstory from Battlefields to Laboratories
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

Beneath stardust's scattered gleam, 
Her-story, a comet’s tail, blazing across time.

Through seasons it molds
...Once hushed now bold
We rise, a...

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I am the banner planted on the hill,
Twisting and flapping in the breeze.

I am the pale bird following the ship,
Over blue waves and swelling seas.

I...

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I have a slavery folktale of my own
I am Mae Rock, and I was once a slave
Always taught being black you must behave
How did I...

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Forward, always up
Catching every drop of rain
In my empty cup....

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Happy birthday wishes to Susan Lawrence today (29 Jan) - may your day be as beautiful and uplifting as your poetry and art.


Above a plain...

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A union in ourselves flags wave
Unite in freedom, die in vain
House divided, republican it saids stand 
One nation, under God; only good rules
A stand for...

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I am what you see
I am just me
Student of life
Trying to avoid any strife
As I walk my way
No where do I wish to stay
Same thing...

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The rain came busting through the sky like missiles raining in from the East, it was sudden, it was quick and in second if filled...

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Don't kill yourself
I beat my chest 
I decided I will not be nothing
Lesser than who I am 
There is no other way of existence
I know...

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I escaped to the mountains to learn more about myself; I escaped to the mountains to find comfort among the trees and absorb fresh air...

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