Today, I want you to write an outsider poem. You can be the outsider; someone else can be the outsider; or it can even be an animal or inanimate object that's the outsider. As usual, get creative with the prompt and don't be afraid to stretch the limits.
"Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
… "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Outsiders
Explorers looking for a new place to be
A home for you and for me.
A promise of a place to belong –
Somewhere to sing a brand new song.
Pilgrims looking for a land to worship free
To be with their God on bended knee
Outsiders all - found this place on the globe
As this new land they did search and probe
They explored and conquered the land
Pioneers in brave tiny bands
It was here that they pledged their lives
Humble men and their hardy wives
Others now look at these golden places
And come with hope upon their faces
No longer outsiders looking in
The Irish, the French, German and Finn
The Asian, African, Russian Turk
All have found a new place to work.
Americans all standing side by side
A part of this country. No longer outside.
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