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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2000-06-30 09:11 AM


Immigrants

Take a look around you, at the wonders right there at your feet
Can’t you feel the wind a’blowing cross the golden fields of wheat
Don’t you hear the water echo through the steepest canyons walls
There is plenty here to see, if you would want to see it all

Take a breath of springtime air, it will rejuvenate your soul
Stand up and cheer the hometown players when they finally make a goal
Don’t you love the Fourth of July with burgers, beer and homemade pies
Does your heart soar up with those sparkling boomers to the skies

Can you hear music playing, don’t you love a football game
There are lots of things around us that will always be the same
But some things are also changing, of a different composition
Different faces blending in, and bringing in their own tradition

Immigrants are coming here from far across the open sea
Seeking work and peaceful living and the opportunity
May they come here in the spirit of adopting a new land
Not losing an identity, but gaining something truly grand

May they respect this new homeland, this freedom know to me and you
And may they come to love this country in the same way that I do

Elizabeth Santos

© Copyright 2000 Elizabeth Santos - All Rights Reserved
kelieth
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since 2000-06-12
Posts 314
Normal IL - USA
1 posted 2000-06-30 09:23 AM


This piece makes me swell with pride,
To feel the light I see inside.

Tis a wonderful place to be,
Thank you much I'm glad you agree.  

Kevin

"Anything is possible with patience, time is the tool use it to reach your goals."

BSC
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since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919
New York, USA
2 posted 2000-06-30 10:05 AM


Yes Elizabeth!!!  God Bless the USA.... Beautiful poem, wonderful thoughts.  Bonnie
brian madden
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since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374
ireland
3 posted 2000-06-30 02:07 PM


the issue of immigrantion is quite topic in Ireland, in the last few years we have have had an influx of asylum seekers and illegal residents. I recently posted a poem called "wandering" in open 8 from the point of view of an immigrant in a foreign country.

Immigrants are coming here from far across the open sea
Seeking work and peaceful living and the opportunity
May they come here in the spirit of adopting a new land
Not losing an identity, but gaining something truly grand

May they respect this new homeland, this freedom know to me and you
And may they come to love this country in the same way that I do

A wonderful poem as always Liz, It would be nice if immigrants could enter any country and celebrate their identity instead of being afraid of racism. Maybe one day..  


"monuments put from pen to paper turns me into a gutless wonder" Manic street preachers

Denise
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Posts 22648

4 posted 2000-07-01 09:13 PM


Great writing, as always, Elizabeth!  

Denise

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