Write your own poem in reply to Gorman’s poem “The Miracle of Morning” and/or “The Hill We Climb.” Choose a line, a vibe or a moment from the poem to inspire your response. What are you waking up to today? What is the miracle in your morning (or mourning)? What hill do you — or we — climb?

The hill we climbed

To the next hill we climb

To the hill i have yet climbed

Over the tragedy and losses

Over the win's and winners

For forgiveness and justice

For i have lived yet not at peace

For the skin i have, for my opinions, for my likes

Dreams i have yet achieved

For hope i yet to feel

But another hill i have yet to climb

Explanation:

frederick the great and the war of austrian succession. frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. he also declared himself king of bohemia, and maria theresa sent troops to retake bohemia. in august he led 80,000 of these men across the frontier into bohemia, his