Monthly Poetry Group chose.
Choosing it was easy,
not so, doing it justice in prose.
But here it is another month,
and again I'm going to try,
to write about a July theme,
as American as
Short and Clear
Gonna keep this
short and clear,
it's up to you if
you want to hear.
"Let freedom ring"
throughout the land,
but here's the thing
we must understand.
Don't fool yourself,
we are not free,
unless it's equitable
among all we see.
Freedom does not
pick and choose,
that's not the intent
of our red, white and blues.
Black or white,
yellow or green
freedom cares not if
you're straight or Queen.
Bigotry and biases
have no place,
equality lives
in freedom's space.
That's all I've got
short and clear,
it's up to you if
you want to hear.
Before you go, click on these links to more poetry from some of my friends:
Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares Cost of Freedom.
Diane of On the Border shares When Freedom Isn’t.
Lydia of Cluttered Genius shares Cost of Freedom.
Diane of On the Border shares When Freedom Isn’t.
Key Lime Parfait (low fat and sugar)
©www.BakingInATornado.com1 box (1 oz) sugar free Cheesecake instant pudding mix
8 oz fat free cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup Key Lime juice
1/2 tsp lime zest
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup fat free or 1% fat milk
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup crushed ginger snap cookies
about 8 TBSP Redi Whip
4 lime slices for garnish
OPT: 2 drops green food coloring
Directions:
*Beat the pudding mix, cream cheese, Key Lime juice, lime zest, honey, brown sugar, and milk until smooth.
*Sprinkle 3 TBSP graham cracker crumbs into 4 glasses or glass bowls. Top with 1/4 cup of the cream cheese mixture.
*OPT: add 2 drops green food coloring to the remaining cream cheese mixture.
*Gently sprinkle with the ginger snap crumbs, followed by the remaining cream cheese mixture. Top each with 1 TBSP of graham cracker crumbs.
*Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour.
*To serve, top each parfait with about 2 TBSP of Redi Whip and garnish with a slice of lime.
Amen Sister. Key Lime Pie is American and Karen needs to publish that poem outside the Blog. Good job all the way round.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the appreciation and for the kind words.
DeleteShort, yes. But beautifully clear! Bigotry and bias have no place in a really free society!
ReplyDeleteNow if we could just convince everyone.
DeleteExactly. The same rule of law applies equally to all, or we are not a free society. Those elected to make and enforce rules need to remember, it is the rules that give them the power, so they are as bound to it as everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThat is the exact sentiment I expressed in my comments on Diane's post!
DeleteKey Lime pie is American! I need to check out sugar free cheesecake pudding. I've never used sugar free pudding and this recipe intrigues me. I have made key lime pie with fat free condensed milk but it's been a while. People really need to understand what freedom is all about. It is far from "I'll do what I want". I don't think anywhere in our founding documents is "You can do whatever you want and the heck with everyone else!" As for the equality of all, that is something we must be striving towards, and we have fallen down on the job for the last 401 years. It's time to finally face that most unpleasant fact and there's no time like the present. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI agree, in fact our society is based on the fact that you cannot do whatever you want, that's called lawlessness, not freedom.
DeleteAnd yes, there's no time like the present.
Nice poem life is difficult for many of us now and some still think they can do whatever they want
ReplyDeleteYes, this is the exact time when we should not be selfish and make an effort to think of others.
DeleteWith all my heart, I love how similar in theme our poems ended up. As for the recipe - o.m.yum.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to have friends who think alike.
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