July fourth, Independence Day, memorializes the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. This document formally announced The United States’ separation from England and outlined the reasons for the separation. Americans consider July fourth our country’s birthday, and this year we are 250 years old. Happy Birthday, USA!
Below is a poem from my first book, The Wind and the Shadows, which uses the imagery of our flag to evoke our history and ideals.
Old Glory
Ivory towers fell
by blood-soaked lanes.
Blue skies deepened to midnight
but then
filled with stars
we are now free
to wish upon.
A Wandering Minstrel 