This Deeply Moving Poem by a Mother to Her 7 Month Old Daughter Has a Beautiful Message

Name: This Deeply Moving Poem by a Mother to Her 7 Month Old Daughter Has a Beautiful Message
Uploaded: 2014-10-23T23:40:45
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The message to her baby is: "Don't worry about all the problems of the world. We're going to take care of it." 26 year Marshall Island poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner wrote this poem for her 7-month old daughter and read it to world leaders at the recent UN Climate Summit held in NYC. It's deeply, deeply powerful - and was... read more

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