The Flag on the Fourth of July (Poem)

The Flag on the Fourth of July

Stars curl

and spiral

this night

O the sight

of all that

blue

and red

and white

all that

bursting

all that

fire

all that

might 

My Other July Poem:

Red White and Blue (Poem)

Also See:

Monday Muse: Independence Day 2016

Alberto Rios: A Poem for July 4

Monday Muse Celebrates July 4

And if you have time for reflection, listen to Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" as delivered by actor Ossie Davis:

"A Nation's Story: 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?'" at National Museum of African American History and Culture

Frederick Douglass Historic Site (Washington, D.C.)

Collected Papers of Frederick Douglass