in the words of his
inaugural
the words of resolve
an echo of Joshua
of work still to do
a nation still divided
too many struggling
dying in the streets
perhaps bolder words
grander than his last
touching on our aspirations
that none would be lost
each initiative, each desire
to lift up our neighbor
to answer an innate call
to bind up our brothers
our sisters, the others
those who share this walk
those still struggling
in this nation we love
edited
January 21, 2015
Work
still to do – v2
January
21, 2013
Work
still to do
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
and
his final speech before his assassination
and
Inauguration of the President
Barack
Hussein Obama
Invocation
by
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural
Address
&
quote
in the speech, “"Our journey is not complete until
our
gay brothers and sisters are treated like
anyone else under the law"”
&
&
several
poems written in 2009
on
the juxtaposition of the
80th
birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and
the inauguration of Barack Obama
as
President of the United States of America
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