Tag Archives: July 4

Shelley on Commemorating Freedom

Shelley’s “Hellas,” written in support of Greek independence, applies well to this year’s July 4th celebrations.

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We All Sing America

Between them, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes do a good job of defining America.

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America as a Mixed Nut Bowl

In “Immigrant Picnic,” Djanikian captures the rich mixing that America’s welcoming of immigrants has given us.

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Dear Trump: America Contains Multitudes

To celebrate July 4, do not listen to Donald Trump, who preaches paranoia and exclusion. Read Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” His America contains multitudes.

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July 4th: Boundless Chrysanthemums

Two poems about fireworks for Fourth of July.

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Whitman & Hughes Hear America Singing

Today, for July 4, I offer up two ultra-American poems. Walt Whitman embraces multitudes” in “I Hear America Singing,” and Langston Hughes, in an addendum, mentions some of those Americans that, in the past, have been forgotten. May we all remember that America is astounding in its willingness to open itself to all people.

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