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WRITE ON "The Fourth of July" and celebrate our heroes! 
br> The sacrifices made for Freedom is the greatest sacrifice anyone can make, "Their own life".This week we celebrate those war time heroes in a brilliance of bursting bombs of color. This is the time to be greatful for the rights you have and for all the freedoms your children will enjoy
America while not perfect is the most sought after country to reside in. The American Dream travels across the world to many who want a better way of life. This week reflect the Dream in your writing, the sacrifices made, and the feelings felt when "Taps" is playing while the sky is bursting into beatiful plumes of color.
So Write about the Fourth with poetry and open your heart and mind to truly bring feeling into your writing! Good luck and have fun!!!
When I write Poetry about the 4th of July I try to think about the many people who have sacrificed themselves for their brothers and sisters to enjoy the freedoms and security they enjoy today.
I vividly picture the heroes going into battle, flags flopping through the air, the sounds of gun shots echoing across the battlefields, and the smell of smoke after their guns have discharged.
Once I picture the scene of great sacrifice I get into character using my imagination to feel an individual soldiers feelings and thoughts as he marches into battle with certain doom. His or her life on the line they still move forward as heroes would. Still they feel the fear, see death all around them yet they march on.
To write a poem or Poetry on the Fourth of July with the success of touching your readers you must get into character.
You must climb into your head and feel what a soldier felt, what it is to be afraid, what their senses go through and how their mind processes these signals. Become as one with your character so your poem will come to life. Take the time to roll play if needed and put energy and thought into the words you write.
As a poet I write to make a difference, to create emotions in my readers, and try to understand my characters on a human level.
I judge not their individual acts but instead try to go through what they have gone through. When you truly understand your character great emotions should be felt by not only your reader but also by the one who is writing.
