Freedom Thanks Poems

High on remote cliffs,
wildflowers huddle
between 
wind scalped boulders,
heads kept down,
their roots weaved 
into crevices
where a little soil has been
won from rain wash
and wear. They grow
surrounded...

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Today I’m thankful for people…
in a country where freedom has never been as easy for everyone as it should be…
who are courageous enough to teach...

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Today I’m thankful for swings
for those feelings of freedom and flying that it brings…

I think Duke Ellington understood 
the wonders that they bring…
when he sang…
Life...

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I give thanks for gifts from creative ways
And deep blue skies on sunny days
I give thanks for the kind, caring gestures
And wide open freedom in...

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A free bird flying in the sky
With wings of freedom stretched above the soil
Swinging left and right in the windy storm
Not ready to give up...

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I stared the ugly truth in its face 
Then I boldly walked away from shame and disgrace 

So many beautiful years were taken 
I was...

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A covered bridge across a lake
Spanning decades without break
A steadfast soldier tried and true
Never querulous, sans ado

Yet those who trod across its planks
Never gave a...

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Thank you, Lord..

For Your goodness and love
For the hope giving me these words
For the miracle of Your resurrection
For the grace that gives me salvation

Thank you,...

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They gave their all, who stormed the beaches
Considering the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge,
Through steaming jungles farthest reaches
The Taliban showing no mercy, like savages.
 
Our military,...

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Hope came to life inside my soul
When I realized I’d been saved to the uttermost
By the One who lived then died on a tree
So that...

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As they reveal themselves
Count your blessings
As they throw curve balls
Know who you are
This is your time of blessings upon blessings

This is an opening
Of a written...

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Thanksgiving has a tradition in my family of unity, 
a simple gathering of friends and family, of giving
to those in need and have nowhere to...

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Painting by the Florida Highwaymen
 


Take me home to where joy resides. I am most thankfuL
Here. My gifts bestowed by God are strewn like confettI...

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Whatever happened to the true art of practicing forgiveness? There seems to be a zero tolerance towards making human mistakes even after the guilty party...

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Repent and change your ways
Wait fervently till you see brighter days
Repent and change your ways
Martin Luther King Jr. just wanted us to feel liberty and...

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