Poem to the World Flag, with Photo of Earth in Space on it, View Switched Yearly
Poem to New Glory
Born of love for land and ocean,
Flag that sets our hearts aglow.
Spacemen saw Earth in their motion
And left Moon footprints as hello!
Our great Planet, all one people,
Brothers, sisters, neighbors, friends,
Fruitful fields, rocks, domes and steeple:
All in one our Planet blends.
Underneath our banner glorious,
Songs and stories by the band,
All free to play and be victorious,
Shaking peace with every hand.
Mosques and churches safely cluster,
‘Neath thy tranquil folds unfurled,
Sharing concord’s radiant luster
With humankind in all the world.
Alien foes plotted insanely,
Invading, stealing lands from braves
But new and old world converse plainly,
Humanity’s great flag now waves.
Cowards may quail and fools may falter,
Hypocrites’ religions fail.
Liberty, the globe, won’t tumble,
Ever glorious. Hail! All hail!!
Sharing human inspiration,
Banner of the true and free.
Jubilation! Jubilation!!
Glorious thou shalt ever be!
Edward M. W.’s “Poem to Old Glory,” 1941, Original; His Great Granddaughter, J.’s, Expansion, 2014, 2019.