Classic poem of the day
Soon shall the trump of Freedom
Resound from shore to shore;
Soon, taught by heav'nly wisdom,
Man shall oppress no more;
But ev'ry yoke be broken,
Each captive soul set free,
And ev'ry heart shall welcome
The day of Jubilee.
Then tyrants' crowns and sceptres,
And victors' wreaths and cars,
And galling chains and fetters,
With all the pomp of wars,
Shall in the dust be trodden,
Till time shall be no more;
And peace......
Member poem of the day
The Orchard on Its Way
I wish it would slow,
not the train, but the ponies
shivering in a rain-soaked pasture,
a hundred geese fluttering
in a soggy field,
the eagles we saw this morning
from a station in Vermont,
their wild mating dance—
not the train, but the passing
into memory—I want it all
to last, the chimney falling
back to bricks,
the orchard on its way to bud,
the kiss you gave......
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