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br> We swell with pride to claim this land that makes us free. br> Our eyes brim o'er in tears, br> To savor those blessed years br> We've clung to solid branches when the winds blew hard, br> And rested 'neath the mighty limbs of Freedom's Tree! br> -- Jeff Laird, 2007 /p> /blockquote> br> I'm not exactly Kipling, but you get what you get for two hours' work! p>I appreciated his article, thanks! br> -- Jeff Laird br> Cleveland, Ohio /p> p> I've just read G.P. Colebatch's fine article asking where the patriotic poets are during this time of war. I recommend this one: Frederick Turner, son of the anthropologist Victor Turner, and accomplished poet, translator, and literary and cultural critic. Shortly after the war in Iraq began, he published at

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