State Poems of Louisiana By Nora Kirkeby Jun 30, 2006, 11:05 PST

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Leadership (State Senate Poem)

Poem by Jean McGivney Boese

It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,
Wrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,
To do nothing when crises demand that you act;
To prefer a delusion to unpleasant fact.
But the easy evasions that dreamers embrace
Are denied to a leader with problems to face.
He must cope with the world as he finds it, and plan
To make each hard decision as well as he can.
He can't hide from the truth or deny what is real.
Though a lie might assuage all the fears people feel.
For the truth is the truth, and no lie can prevail.
In a world that is real, one must face truth or fail."

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America, We The People (State Judicial Poem)

Poem by Sylvia Davidson Lott Buckley

America
We the people
Justice, the word most sought by all, seek God to bless the courts with
truth, for through His wisdom we rise or fall.

America
We the people
Do honor this great lady fair, who with her mighty arms still holds, the
scales of Justice for all to share.

America
We the people
Do offer threads of hope to all, for Justice covers everyone; she does not measure, short or tall.

America
We the people
Boldly make this pledge to thee, that Justice will, in mind and heart, guide each destiny.

America
We............the...........people."

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