Poetry by Thena Smith

We are pleased to share with you some special poetry from Thena Smith, one of the design team members at CottageArts.net. These poems are a wonderful way to reflect on our own histories and memories and are great additions to your scrapbook pages.

Thena is excited to share these with you, and gives you permission to use them for your personal scrapbooking. She simply asks that you provide credit to her, and that you do not cut her poetry apart without her permission. Please contact us at info@cottagearts.net if you would like to seek permission to use these in any other way.

Sound of Freedom
by Thena Smith 

Stop for just a moment
And take a look around
Listen to the voice of freedom
What an awesome sound! 

I hear it in the silence
I see it in each face
Oh how glorious is our freedom 
Let us revel in its embrace! 

I hear it in the noise
Of the city's roar
I hear it in the mountains
And I feel it on the shore! 

Oh what an awesome feeling
To be strong and brave and free
And know that every morning
We awake in Liberty! 

Let us not take it for granted
Or treat it with disdain
Let us treasure our country
And bring honor to its name! 

Let us never let the enemy
Destroy what we hold dear
Let us never be overtaken
By complacency or fear! 

If you love our nation 
Then dear friends be aware
And keep our country
Forever lifted up in prayer!

Fireworks
by Thena Smith

We sat in silence in the darkness
Waiting for the grand fireworks to start
They were advertised as being awesome
They were classified as works of art!

There would be bursts of awesome glory
With flaming arrows and shooting stars
There would be oohs and aahs with each presentation
And without hesitation, spontaneous applause...

I confess I missed the fireworks
For something sweeter caught my eye
Than the show that was above me--
Those shooting stars up in the sky...

For through it all I watched in fascination
As though transfixed through time and space
For nothing in that sky show could thrill me
Like the precious looks of wonder on your face!