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Just when I thought I couldn't cry more, this...from Ireland. (Original Post) nolabear Nov 2020 OP
I cried this morning on the phone with my daughter leftieNanner Nov 2020 #1
I'm a huge Seamus Heaney fan and a poet and I'm so proud. nolabear Nov 2020 #3
I've got goosebumps. 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #2
Absolutely beautiful to hear the poem read by Joe. crickets Nov 2020 #4
The world has breathed one long sigh. nolabear Nov 2020 #7
Wonderful. Truly. hlthe2b Nov 2020 #5
How deeply moving!! Thank you. ResistantAmerican17 Nov 2020 #6
Oh, that was beautiful. llmart Nov 2020 #8
Beautiful XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #9
Gorgeous...I loved it the first time I saw it...getting teary! Karadeniz Nov 2020 #10
I'm sobbing in relief and in hope. yardwork Nov 2020 #11
Me, too, Friend Deuxcents Nov 2020 #13
way cool bigtree Nov 2020 #12
So very moving. gademocrat7 Nov 2020 #14
So nice, watch it more than twice. movingviolation Nov 2020 #15
Thank you bobnicewander Nov 2020 #16
Warmed my weary heart. FM123 Nov 2020 #17
Wonderful 💕 Meowmee Nov 2020 #18
Here come those tears again. Tommymac Nov 2020 #19
Yes our friends are joyous for us, nolabear! Heartstrings Nov 2020 #20
The world is greatful for Joe...& Trump is going to go. Stuart G Nov 2020 #21
ohm myyyy. AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #22
I have no words to express this emotion. warmfeet Nov 2020 #23
See? Soul. 💙 nolabear Nov 2020 #24
The Irish really are an eloquent people. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #25
Yes we are. 😃 nolabear Nov 2020 #26
Rt.. That was beautiful.. Mahalo, Nola! Cha Nov 2020 #27
That was truly beautiful peggysue2 Nov 2020 #28
Thank you. I am so grateful Withywindle Nov 2020 #29

leftieNanner

(15,054 posts)
1. I cried this morning on the phone with my daughter
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:30 PM
Nov 2020

And now I welled up again.

Thank you for sharing this nolabear. Beautiful.

nolabear

(41,928 posts)
3. I'm a huge Seamus Heaney fan and a poet and I'm so proud.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:32 PM
Nov 2020

Poetry lovers, teacher lovers, dog lovers, decency lovers... so many things will make us happy.

crickets

(25,946 posts)
4. Absolutely beautiful to hear the poem read by Joe.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:34 PM
Nov 2020

Like the bells ringing in Paris today, this tribute has me in tears, tears of joy. Thanks for sharing it, nolabear.

llmart

(15,527 posts)
8. Oh, that was beautiful.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:41 PM
Nov 2020

Thank you for posting that. I'm teary eyed. He is a good, decent man who has given so much of his life to this country. I am so proud today.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
20. Yes our friends are joyous for us, nolabear!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 07:59 PM
Nov 2020

Relatives in Norway, friends in Great Britain and Australia all expressing their happiness and relief for the world!

💙🇺🇸

BobTheSubgenius

(11,558 posts)
25. The Irish really are an eloquent people.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:56 PM
Nov 2020

For a country that has its own language, it speaks English rather beautifully.

nolabear

(41,928 posts)
26. Yes we are. 😃
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:14 PM
Nov 2020

I’m so British Isles...Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and stories and songs and poems are everything to me. I couldn’t be happier right now.

peggysue2

(10,819 posts)
28. That was truly beautiful
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 05:51 AM
Nov 2020

And fitting for the moment. Ahhh, the Irish and their words!

Good, too, to hear that we still have friends and allies cheering us on.

May we never forget how close we came to utter ruin.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
29. Thank you. I am so grateful
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 05:52 AM
Nov 2020

Imagine, a President who reads, who loves poetry, who cares about people other than himself. You'd think that's not a SUPER high bar - but apparently it is. I am so grateful to everyone else who voted, worked, phone-banked, marched in the streets, persuaded family and friends, did the work to make this reality.

Biden wasn't my first choice in the primaries but once he was the nominee I was all in for him, and I am so proud that he is my President and Kamala Harris is my vice-president. America has chosen, and she chose well. And that's that on that.

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