Thursday, January 22, 2015

together we strive – v2

as a people, united
as a nation under one dream
onward, forward, in time
joining together
together we strive
to fulfill our calling
our nation’s creed
freedom for all
all of us equal
equal before God


edited January 21, 2015
together we strive – v2

Edited January 22, 2013
“together we strive”
edited January 22, 2015
freedom for all, happiness for the many – v5
(editing version 1 again)
Edited April 8, 2014
“freedom for all, happiness for many – v4”
(editing version 2)
Edited August 7, 2013
“freedom for all, happiness for many – v3”
Edited August 1, 2013
“freedom for all, happiness for many – v2”
Edited January 22, 2013
“freedom for all, happiness for the many”
Edited January 22, 2013
“by the lash and the sword”
Edited January 22, 2013
“Our Creed a Lie”
Edited January 22, 2013
“Endowed by the Creator”
Edited January 22, 2013
new poem, “Equal in our eyes”
Edited January 22, 2013
new poem “All should be equal”
Edited January 22, 2013
new poem “Unfinished Work”
January 21, 2013
“Work still to do”
January 21, 2013
“Our journey is not complete”
January 21, 2013
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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