Suddendeath poetry challenge, Liberty!
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
January 28, 2017 10:32am CST
Welcome to this weekend’s Suddendeath poetry challenge, Liberty! Anyways, rules are as follows, write a poem in any style using the five words that I give you. Write it in one sitting or in under an hour (only to quash your inner editor, rules are loose there). Add it here, OR link in a comment so we can enjoy each other’s' poems. The words can be in any plurality or tense. Today’s words are: rights, freedom, wrong, power, belief
My entry is always, below:
The lands before have run with blood of those who fought for rights
Freedoms of things like race and beliefs for which our warriors did fight.
And now I sit and watch as our leader starts taking these things away,
While we at home read tweets and posts and to our gods do pray.
There is right and there is wrong or so my mama taught,
It makes my soul and heart cry out to see it all fall to naught.
Power can be a useful tool when in the right hands it rests,
But actions speak louder than words which currently do suggest…
That we may need to fight again to protect our rights to see
America stay as the song says ‘Great Land of Liberty’.
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6 responses
@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
28 Jan 17
Yanked out from the closet without a thought to rights
the long undies shirt sighed for freedom
then snuffled disgust when put on wrong side out
longing for power
she ached in her belief
that at least she should have dignity
worn right side out:
give me that right now, you silly woman!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Jan 17
Well done! lovely use of the words
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
28 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt This one was fun to write.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
28 Jan 17
rights, freedom, wrong, power, belief
My belief is that in the hands of the right person
our rights will never be compromised.
In the hands of the wrong person,
our freedom will not be long.
Power to the people.
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
29 Jan 17
I love these challenges. I hope I can continue on doing them. Well, here is another entry for me on this challenge. Here is the link to my poem -
Hour after hour Our freedoms washed away The seconds tick on by With no relief in sight We have to stop that power That he has taken away He’s evil and he’s...
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
31 Jan 17
@Jessicalynnt Thank you. I am glad you liked it. I guess I did good in your challenge.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Feb 17
@inertia4 to be fair I wouldnt tell someone if I hated their poem, lol, but I really did actually like yours
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Jan 17
very lovely! Love the use of the words, and I quite agree
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Jan 17
powerful and heartfelt, cpturing so netly what so many wonderful decent Americns re feeling right now
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Jan 17
And America will stay the great land of liberty. Home of he free and of the brave.
