tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283660092024-03-17T21:32:39.051-05:00Poems for Young ReadersDr. Latorial Faisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12085920335797539185noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366009.post-36956507443435426292020-01-14T15:56:00.002-06:002020-01-14T15:57:02.335-06:00Buffalo Soldiers<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Buffalo Soldiers</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Latorial Faison</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Buffalo soldiers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Brave and strong,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Civil war veterans<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Black men in uniform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Buffalo soldiers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Helped win the West,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Fought many fights<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With courage and finesse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">They built forts,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />They protected land.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Buffalo soldiers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Were in demand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On horseback,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />They served with pride.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the wild west,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Many of them died.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oklahoma, Kentucky,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Kansas, and Texas too,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Just a few states<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Buffalo Soldiers rode through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Much of what we see<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In America today<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Began with Buffalo soldiers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Leading the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Buffalo soldiers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Way back in history,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />They fought to survive<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And died to be free.</span><br />
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Dr. Latorial Faisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12085920335797539185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366009.post-87740709734114598052013-02-11T03:13:00.000-06:002015-07-08T19:17:22.488-05:00Frederick Douglass<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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long time ago <br />
<i>Maybe</i> 1817<br />Frederick Augustus
Washington Bailey <br />
Came into being<br />
<br />He was born a slave<br />
On the Eastern Shore<br />In Tuckahoe, Maryland<br />
He was a <i>house boy</i><br />
<br />Frederick learned to read<br />
He learned to write<br />He had big dreams<br />
But he had no<i> rights</i><br />
<br />Frederick escaped for freedom<br />
To Massachusetts up north<br />Gave up his <i>slave</i> name<br />
And settled in Rochester, New York<br />
<br />DOUGLASS was the <i>new</i>
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That Frederick claimed<br />But an abolitionist and leader<br />
Is what he later became<br />
<br />In New York Douglass conducted<br />The <i>Underground Railroad</i> to free
others<br />The <i>North Star</i>
newspaper<br />
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<br />Frederick Douglass helped to
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What we now know as history<br />He sought justice for all<br />
Speaking bold words eloquently<br />
<br />He rose to the occasion<br />
Of defending equal rights<br />For minorities and women<br />
He was determined to fight<br />
<br />Douglass, the Great Orator,<br />
Is known for many things<br />Activism, social reform<br />
Writing and publishing<br />
<br />Frederick Douglass believed<br />
In freedom for every man<br />He envisioned <i>all</i> of
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<br />He advised U.S. presidents<br />
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For helping to free American slaves.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">So they told Rosa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She could have moved</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">But one day she chose</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">For a group of people</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Because she stayed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">And did not budge</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She was jailed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Then she was judged</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">In equality</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Now we can sit</span></div>
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Anywhere we please</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The front, the back</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">For being bold and smart</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">For thinking of me</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">On that important day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Her name was Ruby Bridges</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Some called her Ruby Nell</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She lived through segregation</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">And gained quite a story to tell</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">William Frantz Elementary</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Would never be the same</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">It was no longer a White school</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">The day that Ruby came</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">On her first day of school</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She was so strong and proud</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She stepped boldly without stopping</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Through fiercely threatening crowds</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">There were people filled with hatred</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Who told Ruby to go back home</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They did not want integration</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They taunted Ruby to make it known</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">But little Ruby had protection</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Her mother, US Marshalls, and her God</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">As she stepped into this new school</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Her teacher, Ms. Henry, won her heart</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">But she prayed and continued on</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">With her family, teacher, and community</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She weathered integration’s storm</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Ruby Bridges’ experience</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Is a significant part of history</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Her unwavering faith and courage</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Resulted in what we now see</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Children of every color and creed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This was just one form of cruelty</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She was sold to new slave owners</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with a <em>lot</em> of sheep</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because she spoke Dutch intead of English</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She was beaten with rods of <em>heat</em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But Isabella <em>did</em> learn English</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And in 1828 she was freed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She became a spiritual spokeswoman</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then she began to preach</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Isabella changed her name</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Calling herself <em>Sojourner Truth</em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And this name was quite fitting</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She befriended some devout Quakers</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who encouraged her spiritual growth</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With her will to help the underprivileged</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She strived onward, under oath</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She <em>sojourned</em> to liberate the enslaved</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And she spoke up for <em>all</em> women's rights</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She travelled a many dangerous roads</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In search of higher heights</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sojourner was a charismatic orator</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And her most famous words</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spoken at a convention in Akron, Ohio</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Impressed every woman who heard</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<em>Ain't I a Woman?"</em></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Declared Sojourner Truth</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demanding equal rights for women</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She sought to kill injustice at its root</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She campaigned for the government</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She preached the Word of God</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And helped lost souls to be saved</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a long, hard life</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She saw it as her plight</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To help the disenfranchised win</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sojourner was no ordinary woman</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She stood <em>nearly</em> six feet tall</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The <em>voice</em> she gave to the oppressed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Was her most <em>significant</em> contribution of all</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My daddy's a soldier.<br />He has a special job.<br />Serving our country,<br />He works really hard.<br /><br />He wears a special uniform.<br />It's camouflage brown.<br />Protecting people's freedom<br />Is what his job's about.<br /><br />Daddy's job keeps him busy,<br />His fellow soldiers are really nice.<br />But they often take long trips<br />And are gone for many nights.<br /><br />I still remember the day <br />When my Dad prepared to leave.<br />That he was going far away,<br />I just could not believe.<br /><br />Who would read me stories,<br />Tickle me at bedtime,<br />Tuck me in each night,<br />Get me to school on time?<br /><br />Then Daddy reminded me<br />Of all the things moms do.<br />He said "Your Mommy loves you.<br />She cares for you too."<br /><br />He said "Listen and obey,<br />And always help out.<br />For I'll be back soon.<br />Don't worry, and don't pout."<br /><br />Daddy put on his uniform,<br />And kissed us all good-bye.<br />Then he boarded an airplane<br />That took off into the sky.<br /><br />I was feeling quite sad,<br />But only for a while.<br />For Dad's duty overseas<br />Would help another child.<br /><br />My Daddy's a soldier,<br />A U.S. Army man.<br />His job often takes him<br />To far away lands.<br /><br />At night I think of him<br />Whenever He's far away,<br />And long for the day<br />That he'll be home to stay.<br /><br />Mom says that I will miss him<br />Because I love my Dad a lot,<br />But even when he's gone,<br />He's right here in my heart.<br /><br />So I keep telling myself,<br />Sometimes over and over,<br />That I have a right to be proud<br />Because my Daddy's a soldier.</span><br />
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Dr. Latorial Faisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12085920335797539185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28366009.post-1148012598932807002006-05-18T23:21:00.000-05:002015-07-08T19:18:59.345-05:00Sunny Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sunny Days</b></span><br />
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Oh how we love<br />Each sunny day<br />We get to run</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And jump and play<br /><br />At home or school<br />On slides or swings<br />Inside, outside</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alone or in teams</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We laugh, we dance<br />We sing, and shout<br />What sunny days<br />Are all about</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On sunny days</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So filled with joy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're always ready</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To play some more.</span><br />
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