Current Events Poems - Page 2

21. Never Again

• By Beryl L Edmonds
• Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

It's time to embrace every culture,
One flock, one shepherd, one fold
Whatever our race, hue or faith
We're all made from the same mould.

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22. How Do I Make Amends?

• By Patricia A Fleming
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 2020 with permission of the Author.

How do I cope with the shame that I feel
And then look you straight in the eye?
And how do I claim to stand for what's right,
Then accept disregard for your lives?

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23. Fireball

• By Susan M. Gilbert
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

The light shaded my home
in the eeriest of yellow,
as if sunset, forced too early,
cried and bellowed.

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24. Half-Staff

• By Jennifer R. Owens
• Published by Family Friend Poems September 2019 with permission of the Author.

Today our flag is flying low
as teardrops stain its cloth,
mourning yet another day
so many lives were lost.

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25. Beautiful Day?

• By My ObsE.R.vation
• Published by Family Friend Poems August 17, 2023 with permission of the Author.

Empty net being taken away,
hauled in upon the boat in the bay,
no fish left in the waters they say.
Beautiful day.

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26. In Remembrance Of 9/11/01

• By Patricia A Fleming
• Published by Family Friend Poems September 1, 2022 with permission of the Author.

The horror we endured that day,
The shock, the pain, the fear.
A nightmare unimaginable
To those of us still here.

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