Just Remember: Freedom's Not a Given
An Independence Day poem about what freedom might require if it is to survive. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: A Revelation. By Jeremy Blake. Music free to use at YouTube.
To the Founding Fathers
A poem for Independence Day (USA) to the founders of the Republic. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Then, There Was No Right to Eat
A poem for Independence Day (USA) about how best to interpret the words of the founding fathers: Then, there was no right to eat, nor was health A right, nor freedom for a slave. Native Peoples were simply dispossessed, and wealth Accrued to men only. Th
Identity Requires Memory
A poem for Independence Day (USA) about the importance of knowing one’s nation’s history: Identity requires memory. No less than people, nations must recall Days past, lest they wander witlessly, Erased each moment, guided by the wind, Pushed by lusts n