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America
by L. G. Figgins
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Am I still the torch that burns as an example of freedom or has   
My weathered soul become weary and burdened by its weight--
Eyes heavy lidded and closed to the light that can barely   
Remember a first flag’s hand-stitched stars?  Are the pure
Ideals forged from iron and dated in molded
Copper pages-- only a book in the foundry’s history?
Am I crowned in honor as conceived in Liberty and a lamp
to seven continents?







L.G. Figgins © 2009
     

 




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Reviewed by Peter Paton 9/21/2009
It makes you wonder Lin where it will all end up.
For me I keep going with courage and fortitude and let the Higher Power dictate the cours eof my life

Take care

Peter
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila 7/6/2009
Very nicely done!

Anna
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 7/4/2009
Beautiful words for a beautiful lady.

Ron
Reviewed by Pierre Ortega 7/2/2009
This is for all of us to ponder and all of us to react to and all of us to change.

Great write, Pierre
Reviewed by Dallas D'Angelo-Gary 7/2/2009
You ask pertinent questions for our times, Lin. Very nicely done!
Reviewed by Joyce Bell 7/2/2009
AMERICA; MANY ERRORS, MANY FLAWS...BUT STILL...'THE BEST!' A GREAT ACROSTIC...DONE VERY WELL. THANKS FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS YOU. JOYCE
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner 7/2/2009
Thought provoking excellence, Lin, questions that must be addressed - well done.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Reviewed by Mr. Ed 7/2/2009
Powerful questions, and a most thought provoking poem for this Independence Day.
Reviewed by Felix Perry 7/2/2009
Very nicely done and a wonderful gift to your fellow Americans as you approach the 4th of July..
Fee
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan 7/2/2009
a sobering write-well said
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 7/2/2009
A nation that takes the luxury to disregard its war veterans will not hold a lighted match to even tickle the shadows.

Georg

Reviewed by E T Waldron 7/1/2009
Brava, Lin! Outstanding!You
give me hope with this gem!

Love,
Eileen
Reviewed by John Martin 7/1/2009
The touch is being extinguished by those occupying our Capitol. They are claiming it is to save energy in order to stop global warming. I am afraid our grandchildren will ask one day.. "What is that statue in the harbor?" Someone will answer.."The Statue of Liberty." They will ask again, "What is Liberty?" " "I guess it was her name whoever she was."
Reviewed by Romantic Poetess Victoria L. McColley 7/1/2009
Lin this is a wonderful poem of voice speaking as if Mother Liberty herself were expressing her feelings...
Peace & Inspirations
Vickie
Reviewed by Gene Williamson 7/1/2009
America slips and stumbles from time to time, Linda,
but continues to sing and shine in your moving hymn.
-gene.
Reviewed by Mark Lichterman 7/1/2009
So nervous now that all we've had in the past is being lost, and also thankful that I was part of America's last innocent generation. Too bad future generatins, along with today's present generation will never know America as we knew it.
Mark
Reviewed by George Carroll 7/1/2009
I'm not a fortune teller but I don't need a crystal ball to see where we are headed.
Reviewed by Mary Lacey 7/1/2009
L.G.

Very profound thoughts. But no matter what, through all our troubles and mistakes, we are still the greatest nation, the United States. (I liked the way you spelled out America.

Mary
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors 7/1/2009
Well we have sort of slipped off track in past couple of hundred years but the beacon is still working. The flow of your passages within the constraints of 7 letters is fantastic and profound. Very well done. Patrick
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