State of the Union Focus

Our unfinished task:

Restore the basic bargain

that built this country—

the idea

that if you work hard,

if you meet your responsibilities,

you can get ahead,

no matter where you come from,

no matter what you look like,

no matter who you love.

Our unfinished task:

Make sure that government works

on behalf of the many,

not just the few.

Barack Obama’s speeches are so poetic that I have to do very little to them to transform them into a poem.

  

© 2012 Catherine Giordano

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Obama: State of the Union

American Dream under siege.

Barack Obama:

Calling for help for the middle class
and higher taxes on the rich
in a State of the Union address.

American Dream under siege.

Barack Obama:

Calling for help for the middle class

and higher taxes on the rich

in a State of the Union address.

Restoring a fair shot for all

is the defining issue of our time.

Barack Obama:

Outlining a vision for fixing the country,

fighting for an active government,

fighting for economic fairness. 

Foes demand

that the government back off

improving the wounded economy.

This poem came from a story about the State of the Union address.  I think Barack Obama is the best president of my lifetime. I wish he could serve four terms like FDR.

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