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by Henry Burt Stevens
07/02/2006
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keep your tired
your poor

your huddled masses
yearning to breath free

keep your wretched refuse
of your teeming shore

The Mother of Exiles
no longer welcomes

those who would seek
a better life here

the door has closed
the heart has hardened

we offer you incarceration
if you do not quit

our shores at once
never to return

do not seek help here
for we will incarcerate

all those who aid you
in any way

in short, we want you
to disappear at once.
 


credits for the words and thoughts of Emma Lauzarus
here


 


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Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on July 5, 2006
I know that the USA is feeling the hurt and betrayal of late because of the various attacks and crisis that have occured over the past few years but...

I do hope that before the doors close completely that the very essence of this great country is not lost in the slamming. As a neighbour (Canadian) I have always admired the United States and their patriotism, is not that based on the ability to provide liberty for all. Anyway I am not trying to preach and the poem as read is I know filled with deep and real emotion. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Fee

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on July 5, 2006
This poem says it like it is.........


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