"American Dream" Poems

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Ulrike Friedrich

Be independent
change, discover, develop
hope but also fear.

Kirsten Seelbach

My mother weeping:
"Why leaving our ancestors?"
But now we are free.

Vanessa Gerhards

Prohibition! Or not.
Laws and laws being written
For all huddled masses.

Katharina Funke

So equal and free
we are all supposed to be
Wake up, USA!

Trail of Tears

Judith Karla

Wounded Knee, Sand Creek
Declaration's funeral
The double standard

Climbing to the Top

Claudia Kettner

Inka women
They have their heavy load to bear
But one after the other
they make their way up to the mountain top
Towards the sun