Saturday, July 4, 2026

Fourth of July

Photo by Kelley Davis 

From the Poetry Window at East Village Books (99 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue) ... featuring this work by Donald Davis...

Fourth of July 

We are a united people
Confident that every shadow
Will pass over our drinking water
Move on without immolation
Of our beautiful women
Because ours is sacred
The distillation of many songs of
The unquestionable legends 
Of our shipwrecked ancestors 
The same shadows hid
Behind blessed sea walls
Which they had built so that
Conversations could be had
Away from the occultations
Of the various birds lined up
Well into the night waiting
To carry out innate missions.
For us it is just and proper
For the wars to end
Time and again
New ideologies to begin


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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM

    Donald Davis-He’s a poet, you know it.
    And I have several very valid websites that this site repeatedly marks as invalid.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM

    Another exquisite offering from Johnny.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM

    Thought provoking, beautiful.

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  4. Brad TorumJuly 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM

    A perfect poem for those of us who can’t find anything to celebrate. Thank you.

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