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New
Year’s Day
by Roger W Hancock
A
new beginning once each year,
high-spirited
resolutions.
Intended
purpose or fermented spirit,
perseverance
once each year.
Another
calendar to plan again
let
priority of family be your gain.
Record
the plans that you dream,
lest
fleeting time to pass them by.
It
takes on the hour of each 24 hours,
on
one day to begin each year.
Celebrations
‘round the clock,
for
purposeful existence to renew.
Midnight
comes, hands straight up,
the
end of one small era.
Let
the next be your best,
in
the coming of this year next.
Each
24 hours hands straight up,
around
the world begins each year.
Cheers
of shouts and so much noise,
as
the hands of time roll by.
© Copyright
12-04-2001
Roger
W Hancock
www.PoetPatriot.com
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Martin
Luther King
by
Roger W Hancock
Martin
Luther King, Junior,
a
modern man of great.
On
principal in peace he stood,
his
words, his character proved.
Content
of ones character,
the
essence of a man.
To
be judged by who you are,
not
by your skin color.
Simple
truth, spoke the King,
yet
men in ignorance stand.
Bigotry
in depth of man,
in
need of light to fade the dark.
Reverend
King spoke God’s truth,
equality
between each race.
I
simplify his speech,
with
‘consideration’ for us each.
The
man spoke for all on earth,
not
only for one race.
Forgive,
forget, move on in peace,
with
no tolerance for injustice.
Peaceful
nonviolence to the end,
his
words, his wisdom proclaim.
Perseverance
against unjust laws,
in
peace changing social law.
The
man, the King, modern prophet,
whose
message changed America.
Justice
increased, yet more to come,
justice
prevails within the peace.
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