You Go First
/…now, silence your purse.
Enough anxious wet nurse
for a squealing piglet
this trying, 21st century…
By Ruth Ann Ferreira
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The Prisoner | Soul—Bound
/…was all but found. Souls that cried and wept.
Slaves to this earth, dust, body they’re bound…
By Katrenia Busch
Read MoreThe American Way
/This poem was inspired when Covid-19 cancelled many firework displays on…
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…lashes out
with the closing of the gate,
no bang illuminating the night…
By Brenda Arledge
Read MoreA Walk by the Bow River
/The irony of liberty
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…staggers out of the passenger’s seat of my 2-door gold mini-Renault. Ramesh painfully clambers out from the back. “Ok,” I cheerfully make a declaration. “Let’s go for a walk. Phew. 30 degrees Celsius.” I wonder if my forced gusto can disguise Rajkumari’s news of her terminal cancer diagnosis from this…
By Kelly Kaur
Read MoreMemorable Celebrations - Liberty
/Wrote this piece for my country's Emancipation/Liberty theme…
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Memorable celebrations
Acknowledge thru generations
Highlights affliction that…
By Serlina Rose
Read MoreOut Of Shackles
/The poem is the grotesqueness of being a captive, the languidness…
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…in the night,
Stirred like a wreath of smoke,
Vanished his dark…
By Jamzy de Lord
Read MoreWhat America Means to Me
/America’s greatness is not in what it has or hasn’t achieved, but in its continual striving…
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…of opportunity
Inclusion and equality
That’s what America means to…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreYou're Fired
/We are Common Law men and women of the land, not Maritime Law babies, lost at sea!
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…rule the land and the governed seats are in our command, so we are not humoring an “Act,” from any corrupt…
By Tracey Ross
Read MoreWhat's Up. Liberty
/Is Liberty just a fancy word for, "nothin' left to lose"?
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…friends, welcome This is What’s Up radio broadcasting from big, beautiful, clear-channel WALTZ. I’m Tuck Avery, and by my side, Buzz Belton, the brother I never wanted. We wanna know what Liberty means to you. Buzz: Liberty’s sounds complicated and dull. It’d be more fun…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Rhythm of Change
/…the pulse of the streets,
and the beat of the towns,
feet marching counterpoint,
the tempo of the…
By Amy Losi
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