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Country of Mankind
by Larry Pontius
Source: Lyrics of Life, (2005) p.125
Publisher: Aventine Press
I can see a new flag blowing in the wind
In a new land where everyone is kin
I can see a fine new country of the mind
I can see the Country of Mankind.
I can see yellow, black and white hand in hand In a place that's everyone's homeland
I can see a day when we're all color blind
I can see the Country of Mankind
It's not a land we'll ever find on a map
It's not the dream of some dictator's pap
It's just the dying of a false boundary line
Just the tearing down of fear walls in our minds.
I can see one nation covering all the world
Where east and west battle flags are furled
I can see the plate of peace where all will dine
I can see the Country of Mankind
I can hear a new Anthem's melody of hope
From a new choir that knows it has to cope
I can see the answers we'll all finally find
I can see the Country of Mankind.
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This poem is nominated Best Poem of Year 2005 for 2nd Muses Prize - Poetry
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Published with permission from poet.
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by Larry Pontius
Source: Lyrics of Life, (2005) p.34-35
Publisher: Aventine Press
Have you ever found a miracle
Growing in your backyard
I did yesterday
It seems my daughter planted it
Just by wishing hard
For a game to play
I know this sounds ridiculous
To adults like you and me
But for one moment
When she said, "Daddy look,
A Lemonade Tree!" I thought I saw it
I thought I could feel the coolness
Of a leafy sweet shade
Hiding the sun
I thought I could taste
The sour of lemons
And the sugar of fun
Of course, you and I know better
There's now way to grow
A Lemonade Tree
What I saw and felt and tasted
Was a child's mind aglow,
The joy of being three
But still, there was a miracle
In my yard yesterday
No Lemonade Tree
But a miracle just the same
For a child at play
Touched the child in me
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This poem is nominated Best Poem of Year 2005 for 2nd Muses Prize - Poetry
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Copyright belongs to Larry Pontius. Published with permission from poet.
All rights reserved.