My reading begins at 32 minutes

https://youtu.be/GRdhcoDHv5Y?si=WWR48HBIY47VQqdC

Listen to my reading of one of my poems from the Summer Poetry Festival in Richmond, VA June 29, 2024
https://youtu.be/IBPLUXgO1xU?si=PnUPzlvrLi-KaWT9

Enjoy many of the rest of the poets reding their work Poetry Society of Virginia – YouTube

The Supreme Court has granted Trump immunity so he can achieve power and not surrender it again.

Those who fought in the Revolution did not fight for a leader but for liberty, freedom, and thus for democracy.

Will we be summer soldiers and sunshine patriots now?

Will we give our right to vote by staying home, wishing we had the “right” leader to follow? One who did everything we wanted? Gave us everything we wanted?

Will we surrender to our own despair and thus to tyranny small or great?

This is not a video game, a movie, or a time to be passive. Trump’s followers will support him no matter.

If you are old inspire the young. If you are young give faith back to the old.

March now. Vote now. Stand together now. Not when it is too late.

My poetry collection, Geographies of the Dead- Elegies and Meditations, will be published by Aldrich Press in 2025. I will post details as they firm up.