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Drew's Poetry Prompts - 8. Not a Prompt- In Just One Year

This is kind of a free-verse. While it doesn't have any rhyming, it still has a meter.

In just one year,
A bakery spurned a couple.
 
In just one year,
A clerk neglected her duty.
 
In just one year,
A state resisted the ruling.
 
These three were just the few
Of many more who did the same.
 
But, theirs is the cry of defeat.
As for us? Our victory.
 
In just one year, love won.
 
This is the first anniversary of the Obergefell vs. Hodges ruling that made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states.
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Headstall

Wonderful words and wonderful sentiment. We should always celebrate our milestones, and I have to believe that eventually, love does win over hate. An excellent poem, Drew, and the meter was great... I love free verse... cheers... Gary...

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Emi GS

I love when simple words would say best of them. Your poem Drew, simple and full of pride and happiness. It given how the Love get the top hand over resistance.

 

I just Love it Drew. You have done great... :)

 

And Happy Anniversary... :kiss:

 

~Emi.

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northie

I love the way that the almost rhetorical opening three lines are balanced (answered) by the last line. Very effective. :)

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Hunter Thomson

A wonderful sentiment to express everything that's happened in the past year. I'm glad that you wrote it, even though it's painful to see some of the setbacks we must continually face as a community.
Very eloquent.

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 05:04 AM, Headstall said:

Wonderful words and wonderful sentiment. We should always celebrate our milestones, and I have to believe that eventually, love does win over hate. An excellent poem, Drew, and the meter was great... I love free verse... cheers... Gary...

Thanks Gary! :hug: I wanted to show that despite all the setbacks, there was a lot to celebrate.

 

And yes, love does win over hate. :heart:

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 05:21 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Nice to see another poem from you, Drew! You had great inspiration! Nice job on this one!!

I really need to get back to posting more poems, lol. And yep, this anniversary called for a poem. Thank you tim! :hug:

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 06:47 AM, Emi GS said:

I love when simple words would say best of them. Your poem Drew, simple and full of pride and happiness. It given how the Love get the top hand over resistance.

 

I just Love it Drew. You have done great... :)

 

And Happy Anniversary... :kiss:

 

~Emi.

Simple words can convey so much. :) And it was fun showing that Love getting the upper hand over hate and resistance.

 

Thank you Emi! :hug:

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 07:21 AM, northie said:

I love the way that the almost rhetorical opening three lines are balanced (answered) by the last line. Very effective. :)

Thank you so much Northie! :)It felt fitting to end the poem with those two words, "love won."

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 09:12 AM, Reader1810 said:

Drew, I love what you said and how you said it. :hug:

Aw! Thanks Reader! :hug:

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 09:31 AM, Hunter Thomson said:

A wonderful sentiment to express everything that's happened in the past year. I'm glad that you wrote it, even though it's painful to see some of the setbacks we must continually face as a community.

Very eloquent.

Yeah, there were setbacks, but we as a community have overcome a lot, and we'll continue to do so. I think bigots fail to appreciate how steadfast we are in our march towards equality, lol.

 

Thank you Hunter! :hug:

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Drew Espinosa
On 06/27/2016 09:53 AM, Parker Owens said:

This is pure poetry, Drew, and it made me smile a big, wide grin! Celebrating tonight, thanks!

Thanks Parker! :hug: Celebrating is always fun, enjoy tonight! :)

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raven1

I loved this poem which rings true in retrospect.  I is a great statement of pride and joy.  This is the kind of poems I want to also write.

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Drew Espinosa
8 minutes ago, raven1 said:

I loved this poem which rings true in retrospect.  I is a great statement of pride and joy.  This is the kind of poems I want to also write.

I hope you can write a similar poem when marriage equality becomes legal in Thailand, Terry. :kiss: 

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