Rags

Submitted by Roxanna on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 04:16

(This poem is based on Langston Hughes's "Let American Be America Again.")

A nation built on liberty?
A nation built on freedom? No, rather
A nation built on tyranny,
Ruled by despots, where no one else matters.

(This nation is in tatters.)

No longer are we individuals.
No longer is different encouraged.
Be the same, adopt our rituals.
Here, all other nations have merged.

(God bless America, with the lady's robes in tatters.)

Author's age when written
15
Genre
Poetry

Comments

Heather

Tue, 05/27/2008 - 19:39

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That poem describes exactly what I think of our country, politics, etc. Good job, Roxanna

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
And now our hearts will beat in time/You say I am yours and you are mine...
Michelle Tumes, "There Goes My Love"

Anna

Wed, 05/28/2008 - 01:12

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Sad, but true.

"God bless America, with the lady's robes in tatters"

I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief