Somehow, the
wisdom of the Founders, right
these words he embraces,
as all who have gone before
right to be heard
on this day, the day after his birthday
a day like none
other, healing wounds
wounds bound up,
scars of the past
mindful of our
history, the legacy of pain,
of injustice, in
law twisted, in wrongs condoned
of work still
needing to be done
these words chosen
for our nation,
a new day of hope,
dawning in America
fidelity to law,
to right, not to power
a man humbly
joining the line;
but unlike those
who have gone before
edited
February 2, 2015
Words
chosen for a nation – v4
(merging
edits to version 1 and version 2)
edited
January 20, 2015
Words
chosen for a nation – v3
(editing
version 1 again)
January
21, 2013
Words
chosen for a nation – v2
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
&
&
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
January
17, 2009
Words
chosen for a nation
and
the Presidential Oath, from the
US
Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated
verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes
in
the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend
the Constitution of the United States."
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