Thank You Rights Poems

I am ready, big day today, my first meal,
And what I smell to my taste does appeal,
You have both been so busy preparing,
Love the deal...

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I’ve had the example
Of women I love,
Being strong and outspoken
When push comes to shove. 

Generations before me
Gave me so much
My looks and hair colour
Tenacity and...

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Raise your gaze and mind to the flag,
And there see all that we bear to this land –
A looking glass it is of our hopes...

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You are nobody
As I am nobody
You are somebody
As I am somebody
There’s one humanity
Let’s thank God and Jesse
Now, we can obviously see
That there is one world
Let’s...

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Maid

My maid of honor, 
my best friend, (smile)
help me in the moment, 
help me in the hour, 
help me make it down... 
the great white...

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The Field
by Rumi 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field. 
I'll meet you there. 
When the...

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~Seasonal darkness descends~ 


Smiling pumpkin faces soon will be at our front doors,
Though children in California may not celebrate Halloween 
anymore!

Will our Christmas and Christ,...

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The End of Nothing

I am sitting...
waiting and thinking. 
Really going crazy, 
slowly insane. 
I am at home, 
trapped. (by discretion)

My guy is in the building....

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Gathering the Bones

You must believe me, 
I am in power. 
I know what is right for you. 
Your vote put me here, 
you can not...

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The New Year

It is a glorious gray day, 
a chance of showers,
and even storms of thunder. 
The sky will be a wonder, 
to watch, for...

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The Big Mountain

In the distance, 
I gaze at the giant before me. 
Cliff faces, I can not climb today, 
but tomorrow... I will. 

I have...

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Party Loudly 
(and hats that fit badly)
 
The comments of strangers, 
passers-by on the street,
people that matter very little, 
or even not at all. 

Effect...

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One More Delivery

Please wait at the door. 
I told the man holding the package. 
He smiled, 
not unkindly, 
but as patiently as one might expect,...

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Missing Flowers

There are no blooms on the table. 
Nothing in the vase by the window. 
Empty water, 
in the one near the door. 

Outside in...

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Gifts of Air and Water

A little more money, 
and I could buy…
exactly what my kid wanted. 
Yet I found, 
that it may not be, 
exactly...

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