{"id":113438,"date":"2013-12-05T22:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/113438\/poem-return-to-freedoms-forge\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:32:48","slug":"poem-return-to-freedoms-forge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/113438\/poem-return-to-freedoms-forge\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Return To Freedom’s Forge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was written for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge<\/a>. \u00a0My theme this week was to memorialize Pearl Harbor Day (Saturday the 7th) with a poem about how the war the Pearl Harbor attack got us into affected the US later in positive ways, so that the sacrifices made that day were not in vain.<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n


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RETURN TO FREEDOM’S FORGE<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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We had no role in its beginning.
\n but USA helped forge its winning.
\n Shy to enter a new brutal fight
\n till Pearl Harbor Day shone its bright light<\/font><\/p>\n

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Congress declared a state of war;
\n Soldiers embarked from ship to shore.
\n Desert warfare set North Africa free
\n for long thresh through Fascist Italy.<\/p>\n

The homefront folk made do with less
\n and often shared the front line’s stress
\n fearing attack or sabotage
\n in factory and home garage.<\/p>\n

A truly national effort was made.
\n For many ultimate price was paid.
\n But by the end new unity grew
\n While most to freedom’s dream came true.<\/p>\n

The D-Day landing took back France
\n March across Europe to Berlin dance
\n V-E Day heralded great relief
\n and reaffirmed divine belief.<\/p>\n

All ships at sea made island hop
\n across Pacific without stop,
\n till techno bombs proved who would win
\n and US swooned in triumph’s din.<\/p>\n

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Nazi and Empire’s menace crushed
\n sea lanes fell silent, burnt landscapes hushed.
\n Our crucial role no one denied,
\n and liberty rode a rising tide.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Copyright December 5th 2013 RGD<\/font>
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This was written for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. \u00a0My theme this week was to memorialize Pearl Harbor Day (Saturday the 7th) with a poem about how the war the Pearl Harbor attack got us into affected the US later in positive ways, so that the sacrifices made that day were not in vain. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}