Giddiness, gratitude, tears of joy, awe.
Barack Obama is our next president!
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Christine Swint’s poems have appeared in Calyx, Birmingham Poetry Review, Slant, a Journal of Poetry, Tampa Review, Heron Tree, Ekphrasis, and others. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets, and she has won first place prizes from the Georgia Poetry Society and Agnes Scott College. Her first collection, Swimming This, was published in 2015 by FutureCycle Press. She teaches first-year composition at a metro-Atlanta university and writes about poetry, art, hiking, and yoga at Balanced on the Edge, https://balancedonedge.blog Twitter @christine_swint View all posts by Christine
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Awesome news, Christine.
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What an amazing night. That acceptance speech was moving and brilliant. I’m elated and exhausted.
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I am pleased for all of you, and for the rest of us in the world outside the U.S. Obama is a conciliator, which is what is needed these days. G
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A friend has just sent me these few words, and they embody my sentiment of hope. She said, “bravo les américains, il a fallu du temps, mais ils ont compris.”
Bravo, Americans, it took time, but they’ve finally understood.
She’s right. Congratulations to you, to Americans in general, and indeed to the world.
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It’s a great moment and the beginning of a new era
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What a celebration! Thanks for all the good wishes. Today there’s a parade in my heart.
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FANTASTIC news. I’m absolutely thrilled and he’s not even my president.
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You FOUND the parade you were looking for!
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Pride, awe, relief, joy.
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gObama, gObama..get busy, it’s our birthday! hehe…renewed hope for a country…gotta love it!
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