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  laurent dupin 26 janvier 2009 at 22:07

  Hé bien ;-) Je ne pensais pas un jour inspirer de la poésie de par mes notes de blog. Mais merci de l'intention et de l'envie d'échanger. Hebert, vous bloguez par ailleurs quelque part sur le web?
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  Hebert Logerie 26 janvier 2009 at 3:22

  The Inauguration of Barack Obama, Our 44th President
  
  (The Most Beautiful Day in America)
  
  Today is beautiful, sunny, cold and snowy,
  It is a day after the remembrance of our Civil Rights King;
  Today is forever engraved in the history
  Of America; this is the day that we all sing
  And rejoice: an African-American family will be residing
  In the most powerful house ever existed.
  The ceremonies are more grandiose than the wedding
  Of a fairy tale’s king, the history books are elated;
  At last, the color of one’s skin is beginning
  To be irrelevant, unimportant in today’s society.
  This is a monumental step to the promise land,
  This is a giant leap, this is defying the gravity
  Of ignorance. “If you ask or demand,
  You shall receive”; America is on her way to the mountaintop.
  All of us shall overcome another beautiful day,
  We are on our way; yes, we are on our way
  To the highest point, we have to climb one hillier lap;
  Please be patient, because this will take us a little more time.
  What’s so important is that we can see the light,
  We can hear a different sound, a beautiful chime,
  The whispering of unity, the ring of the bell fight.
  Today is beautiful, the invisible rainbow
  Is upon us. Let’s blow the shell-fish horn,
  The sound of freedom and liberty. Let’s bow
  Our heads and pray for America, who almost got torn
  By the ignorance of men. We are on our way,
  Because the struggle is not over, we have some unfinished business.
  This is the beginning of a wonderful journey;
  At last, we can get together to clean that mess.
  Yes, we can, brother Barack Obama is our President.
  We have come along way, we forgive but we don’t forget
  The past suffering, the injustice and the constant
  Humiliation of our human dignity. It is great to finally get
  Together at this juncture of history. We are on our way
  To the top of the world; this is a beautiful day.
  
  Copyright © January 20th. 2009 Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved
  Hebert Logerie is the author of two poetry books: “Sparkles of Love” and “Etincelles de l’Amour”