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True Freedom

True Freedom

Freedom's struggle is one faced by every human being living on the planet earth today. It happens every single day in all our lives. True freedom is not caving into the pressure of public opinion, but standing tall and making your own decisions. In most of today's world public opinion is formed without any real knowledge or analysis of the facts of the issues....that's sad...."so don't believe everything you hear"....could never be more true. Take a stand against tyranny everywhere

Forgiveness Haiku A Message For Peace

Forgiveness (Haiku) : A Message For Peace

It's unimaginable the good will that could be achieved if only the top 100-200 human beings in position of leadership in this world could care enough about our planet to forgive old debts and choose love over war. Let's start over!

All For Him

~~~~~~All For Him~~~~~~>

God is so wonderful...God bless America.... 2012 is here and lets love our USA and try having more peace in USA

Lunatic Fringes

Lunatic Fringes

The politics of oil

Bad Senator

Bad Senator

I remember when I could fill my tank for 15 bucks!

Trapped

Trapped

written couple of years ago after leaving university as a mature student.

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

She came here to a land so cold, Searching for those streets of gold, From friends and family she went away, It is such a heavy price to pay, A strange land and a language new, The thoughts of home make her feel blue, The feeling of loss in her

strange way

strange way

understand the differences of each person...

Death in a Coal Mine Child Miners

Death in a Coal Mine (Child Miners)

Sadly children as young as five were sent down into the mines and should there be a cave in it was more economical to leave them there and keep mining in a different direction. Thousands of children perished working in mines.

Inspired Meditation to Change the World

Inspired Meditation to Change the World

A small taste of my political flavorings

Born Free with My First Breath

Born Free with My First Breath!

Born free; I was with my very first breath onto a path that progresses through death, rendering my mind with language and the arts nurturing my inner child from the start. Free to choose my way, and then to choose the right Remembering i

O Gentlemen

O Gentlemen

O Gentlemen It is your blood or theirs, It is the human blood after all. War may go on in the East or the West, It will bleed the peace of world, after all. Bombs may fall on homes or on outskirts, They wound the spirit of life after all.

Everyday at about ten a m

Everyday at about ten a.m.

Everyday at about ten in the morning, The same thing happens over and again. The same people as usual go out, Leaving behind wives and children at homes. Still the earthquake does not shake the ground. As the evening nears, the same people Head

Grace

Grace...

‘...disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency...’ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grace Only a fool thinks he/she can grant kindness, or clemency to anyone, but, courtesy, yes, that we can give away all da

The Dust Of Time

The Dust Of Time

I just wrote this and posted it on FB where I shared the article that inspired it.It's in tribute to the very brave lady who escaped the recognition she so deserved.Her name is at the bottom.

Open Minded

Open Minded

I am as open-minded as they come. I believe everyone is equal regardless as to your color, creed, origin, style - we all bleed red.

you me

you & me

Conscious thinking...

Black Man Walking

Black Man Walking

Being female, not black how can I possibly know what it’s like to walk in dark male skin, where in a white-dominated society being young and loved is not enough to keep one safe to walk about free-born. Skittles, iced tea from store co

Real Men of Courage

Real Men of Courage

This was written in 2006. It is a parody of Budweiser's real men of courage. There are a bunch of different ones. One of my favorites is the Taco Salad. It's a salad isn't it.

Love Child

Love Child

Wouldn't it be nice if we cared for and valued every human being like a newborn baby?

United Nation Snow Creature Council UNSCC

United Nation Snow Creature Council (UNSCC)

It's about time that someone stood up to oil barons and rich sheiks and defended the rights of snow creatures everywhere......bravo bravo.......justice well served.....April Fools.....

Adapt or Starve

Adapt or Starve

This is about all the events in life that happen that are out of our control. If things didnt go your way then you have to take action to either adapt to the situation or take steps to rid yourself of the burden. My original intention when i wrote this was to come off as aggressive and fed up, but ive learnt not to push too many powerful feelings across to the reader and let them substitute their own.

Service For This Country

Service For This Country

my time in the military means so much to me.

Future Lessons

Future Lessons

The lessons that we teach the youth affect future direction We pave the path on which the generations travel Leaving teaching plans in hands that steer as i now write Will see tapestries already frayed rapidly unravel Siding with the bullies as

Open Wide

Open Wide

What exactly will it take for eyes to open wide ? To finally see the truth behind the lies with which we're plied To light the fire that melts the chains with which we're pacified To find the unity and love we're constantly denied Lacking menta

Making my life

Making my life...

To live or not to live, That is the only question, Yesterday I spent all day in hospital, Not unusual, but this time, I was the patient, They settled me in a nice quiet corner booth, yum, loved it for what I had in mind..., In the booth next to

Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Gearing up for the election. The Federal Reserve is set up to make as many nations in debt as possible, and they have been working on the United States since 1913, when they and the income tax were made into law. So it will not matter if we vote for Mitt or Barack, since they are both shills for these rich fat cat bankers.

Simple Country Life

Simple Country Life

A sonnet to celebrate the unsophisticated candor of rural America...

Proof

Proof

Not only is it never mentioned, but given different circumstances, we may can manage. the damage is already done. O.k... They've won, but only a mere battle yet, like cattle, like sheep we're still sleep. we still creep slowly, unknowingly dee

Catawampous

Catawampous

...". Catawampous means fierce, destructive. (like the call of a catamount) 1844, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 21: There air some catawampous chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong; but don't mind them, they're company.

Worlds within

Worlds within...

When I was young and naive, I believed the world was out there, I looked at the vast continent on which I was born, my beloved Africa, And I drooled, What beasts were hidden just beyond yonder? Who lived just across that river? What was that ju

The Reason

The Reason.........

just a thought ..........

People who can be trusted

People, who can be trusted

People, who can be trusted are very important, It’s so difficult – being reliable person in life. Always those who are kind have to go through discomfort, But without them world wouldn’t be light and bright.

The Cowardly Dog Rides Again

The Cowardly Dog Rides Again

An observation in a shop

60 Is Diamond

60 Is Diamond

Reflecting after watching the queen's diamond jubilee celebrations on tv

DAH

DAH

3 monkeys

Deafening Silence

Deafening Silence

This is not based on any actual event, however there are many instances like this on the news where drunk driver have killed people and basically got off with a slap on the wrist ... I called it 'Deafening Silence' because this seems to be happening more and more yet there seems to be silence on this subject ... a silence that is deafening

Do You Chat

Do You Chat

it dosent realy matter , if they want to connect with another just to prove life dose exist at some other place , apart from in their mind , just so they can justify their own existance..... yes we are human

Black and White

Black and White

What is the colour of hunger?

Border Wars A Kickit Challenge

Border Wars (A Kickit Challenge)

Inspired by Kickit's openning line...which happenned to be fortuitous pentameter for my fav sonnet style....my poem envisions a disputed border fence as a symbol of mistrust....

Away Across The Ocean

Away Across The Ocean

A million people are said to have died of hunger in Ireland in the late 1840s, on the doorstep of the world's richest nation Britain. And around 2 million emigrated in a period of a little more than a decade.

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