Image by Steve on Broadway
Our Red White and Blue,
Constitution, Bill of Rights,
Freedom, left to You.
Seize Your legacy!
Hold all Rights in fisted hand,
Fight to retain them!
TPTB
work hard to seize them from You.
Respond: MAKE MY DAY!
Make July 4th count
for future generations.
IT IS YOUR DUTY!
Copyright © Janet Leigh, 5.25.09. All Rights Reserved.
Posted in Haiku, Inspiration, Life, Love, Photography, Poetry, Writing | Tags: 4th of July, duty-bound, July 4th is OUR day, Seize Your Legacy
Thanksgiving
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
My soul laid bare ..tread lightly, please ;>
This is where I plan to bare my soul for all the world to see - warts and all. I plan on letting it all hang out here, so to speak, not knowing exactly what direction it may take, but I hope you're along for the ride. If you are, you'll be respected and valued here for your poetic sensibilities. We can explore the content of our hearts and intricate workings of our minds, together. But above all else, I declare this place a safe haven from the slings and arrows of life that may be bent on foisting themselves in our general direction, seeking to strip all heart-felt and pithy profundities from our poetic souls. Mercy! Do I hear an Amen?! :>
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UPDATE 2 My Gentle Readers:
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Janet:
What a burst of energy, love, and heart!
Your MJ tribute is very touching, not forgiving
him completely for his “indescretions”, yet
so very generous with your praise of his
genius. He was an enigma, suffering from several
autoimmune diseases, the worst being Lupus.
Doug Palmer wrote an interesting poem to him too, entitled JACKSON, AMADEUS. check it out.
Your tribute to Farrah was sweet and to the point. Last year when the tabloids began to sound the death herald, you could see she was beat down
by cancer. So young. Now that I am in my 60’s,
it seems death is taking too many folks much
younger than me; makes one look intensely at your own mortality. I retire next June 2010; like to think I will last 20 more years.
Your SEIZE YOUR HERITAGE poem is very much
to the point, brimming with alacrity, passion,
and patriotism. So nice to see three poems come spilling out so quickly. That’s the way of poetry, enit?
Glenn
By: Glenn Buttkus on July 13, 2009
at 9:00 am
Same same – but different.
Canada – USA – the legacy we feel. The duty, pride, love of country – you certainly expressed yours here.
By: Janet on July 21, 2009
at 5:50 pm