MOM POEMS, LOVE POEMS and WAR POEMS

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow–
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
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One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.
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Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
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I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn’t,
So I jumped in and sank.
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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
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There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
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I can write no stately proem
As a prelude to my lay;
From a poet to a poem
I would dare to say.
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LET us twain walk aside from the rest;
Now we are together privately, do you discard ceremony,
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