The Friday Fling Celebrates Liberty!
Friday Fling #135 July 1st 2011
July 4th, the traditional Independence Day celebration of the United States of America, is Monday. It’s a special one, because it’s also the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. Back in 1986, that was a very big deal.
There was a huge ceremony in New York, and people were excited for months. We want to try to recreate a bit of that here on the Fling.
The Acrostic format lends itself well to writing about single idea words like Liberty and Freedom. It’s a simple format of variable length, no particular rhyme or syllable scheme. The only requirement is that the first letter of each line should read as a word or phrase when you read it down from the top to the bottom of the poem!
This week the Friday Fling celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty and what it represents!
Be sure to save time to read and comment ceremoniously on your fellow Pals’ Acrosticals. Then go celebrate this monumental Independence Day and Statue of Liberty weekend!
Fickle Finger of Fate Award for June 24th 2011
Congratulations Dori!
Hello Bob & Michelle!!! I went with a historical Acrostic *smiling*
Welcome patriots to the Friday Freedom Fling! Michelle and I hope you enjoy this opportunity to express yourself on what our country’s special tradition of individual freedoms as symbolized by the Statue of Liberty means to you!
I messed up a little on this PnP, I got tired of waiting for the text box with LIBERTY in it to reopen so I could move it to the left a bit and not have the B overlay the text line, so I just saved this. If I get a chance I’ll redo the entire thing.
We are certainly very fortunate and have many to thank for our freedoms. Awesome blog, theme and poetry!
A wonderful tribute Bob and Michelle..I’ll return later and leave a poem!
God Bless America!!!! Love this theme…… and Bob and Michelle :love: :love:
Great writes…it is Canada Day here tomorrow…fireworks tonight…probably similar to your 4th of July…will see if i have time tomorrow to come up with something. 🙂 Kudos to all! :love:
I sincerely hope nobody takes this the wrong way. I don’t like to be the voice of doom and gloom. I truly enjoy the freedoms we have. I just feel them slowly slipping away. -Rebel
Freedom
Freedom is not free
Not like it used to be
What would our founding fathers say?
If they were here with us today
How would they feel about
Being strip-searched by the TSA?
Or about taking our guns away?
I could go on and on but I won’t
You either get it or you don’t
Our freedoms are fleeting fast
Soon, I fear, to be a thing of the past
Rebel ©
06/30/2011
I invite you to read this article:
http://www.larkenrose.com/blogs/tmds-blog/1894-youre-not-the-boss-of-me.html
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SWEET LIBERTY’S SONG
L oud and clear, let freedom ring
I n every city, in every town.
B ring our voices, bring our hearts;
E njoy the song Sweet Liberty sings.
R ing the bell of freedom loud
T o remind us each and every day of
Y esterday’s and today’s sacrifices all.
B ring our voices; bring our hearts;
Enjoy the song Sweet Liberty sings.
Let our voices join together;
Let us sing Sweet Freedom’s song.
(c) barbara kausteklis 6-30-11
Listen and you will hear cry for how it once was
Inviting the words of our Fore Fathers to be shouted from coast to coast
Believing all that was is still here, though set aside as are many of the original ideas
Every day, finding ourselves holding on tightly to what made us what we are
Re-evaluating all we see and trying to determine how it fits together for the good of us all
Terrified that we are losing the very essence of what designed, constructed, and maintained our nation
Yielding only to evaluate where we are, and where we should be as a people
Liberty is not simply an existence of that glorious word for all it means to us, but the fight that lies within us that allows us to hold onto it…
I found this in my archive and another acrostic on Freedom. I forgot I had this and it was from a Simple Sunday featuring Darrell (Wizard of Awwwwwws) art piece!
Would Canada feel the same way has we do about the lady.
Or do they have a different meaning after all they built her vibrate .
Should we share her.
I think it is only fare.
So that we both can see the light in her.
She is so beautiful.
She glows with freedom in her sites.
She stands tall and proud in my eyes.
She is gift for the whole world.
She is the lady that stands for freedom.
Within freedom
America melts
people of many
for God’s blessing
we knelt
for answers
if any
those questions
from our hearts
sea to shining sea
liberty ringing
for the truth
our souls
set free…
cherie c2011 :love: :love: :love:
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A little late with this! 🙂 Kudos to all with thumbs up left!
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Happy Birthday Lovely Lady!!!! Great Blog you two!!! :love: