Short Ethnicities Poems

North American, South American and European,
Asian, African and Australian.
What do the ethnicities of all these continents share in common?
They are all homo sapiens, they are all human.
If we focused on that similarity and not the difference,
perhaps world peace would then truly begin.
Hmm, I wonder if there's an ethnicity known as Antarctican....

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Keeping up with what is happening in the city 
Murders, car accidents continue to plague us 
  But there are some hopeful signs 
   The arts are flourishing 
Poetry, sculpture, paining, theater 
   are all coming forth 
These revive tge spirit 
    give us hope I the
face of darkness
    All ethnicities live through their cultures
      In New York city they blend together
And form an amalgam of peace and love...

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I am one
nation under God

I am many
ethnicities together in a melting pot
blending to encompass positive traits
     Finding strength in diversity
     
I am all
about freedom 
to escape tyranny
     immigrants sought my New World promises
          
I am few
times startled like a deer in headlights
blindfolded even after 9/11
     but still carrying a torch

I am
Lady Justice and Lady Liberty
the dreams of founding fathers
     promises of yesterday and hopes for tomorrow...

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