Tag: America’s 250th Anniversary

  The Ballad of the Ghost Mountain Boys ---to the “Ghost Mountain Boys” of World War II— especially the Iowa ...

  WINNERS & RANKINGS The Great American Poetry Competition Judged by Andrew Benson Brown, Joseph Bottum, Margaret Coats, Evan Mantyk, ...

  The Gold Star Mother “Dear Mom, Dad, Billy and Baby Sis, It’s rough out here but I’m with some ...

  An American Dash There are two dates on a headstone: the date we’re born, and then the last. And ...

  The Anonymous Soldier Beneath these granite monoliths we stand, Immortalizing warriors’ names in stone. We oft forget the sacrifices ...

  For Those We Never Meet Before the dawn could touch the pines, _Or gild the ridges high, The miners ...

  Ben Franklin's Copper Fugio Cent Designed by Benjamin Franklin, the copper Fugio coin was the first coin circulated in ...

  The American Spirit (One Voice, 250 Years)   I Brave loving hearts have helped our nation stand, though history ...

  The Ballad of Zebulon Pike In Colorado’s mountain range _There stands a peak named Pike’s. Named for our hero ...

  The Swearing-in of Calvin Coolidge ---Plymouth Notch, Vermont, 1923 Strange, the postman’s loud, insistent knock (The nearest phone, in ...

  The 51st State "A republic, if you can keep it." — Benjamin Franklin, attributed answer after the Constitutional Convention, ...

  There’s Blood that Flows Within the Stripes There’s blood that flows within the stripes; _The stripes upon the flag, ...

  The Melody That Lingers On “Any requests?” the leader asked from the Old Time Country Band. “Just tell us ...

  American Dreams   I Dreams of new realms, refuge outside The scepter’s and the crozier’s reach: Dour, black-clad zealots ...

  An American Fabius I shan’t soon forget that impactful day When my son marched with face weathered cloudy and ...

  Omaha Beach The ramp went down, and the brute din of war Was like a furnace. Some collective will ...

  A Gentleman’s Guide to Losing a War I hold my spyglass to my face, _And straighten my cravat. A ...

  When the Last World War II Veteran Passes Away _Lower the flag, men! The last great one has passed. ...

  Outstanding in Afghanistan The man rose up at break of day, His feet like thunder on the ground, He ...

  250 More My country, sweetest home I’ve come to know, Your wings have sheltered me, a foreigner. I came ...

  Americans Cross the Rubicon   1. Preamble Be proud, be grateful that we’re here! We came In pain from ...

  Two Fateful American Coin Flips   Asa Lovejoy, Francis Pettigrew & The Portland Penny We settled on the banks ...

  Clarence Thomas, American Hero “The mob I now faced carried no ropes or guns. It s weapons were smooth-tongued ...

  What America Was Meant to Be We often hear what they said back then, no crown should rule over ...

  America: 250 Years Should we commit to celebrate our birth? We’ve run so many laps around the sun, Yet ...

Competition Judge and Classical Poets Live creator Andrew Benson Brown discusses the competition requirements and gives some background on odes, ...

  The First American Sonnets: David Humphreys by Margaret Coats In 1776, the first known sonnet in the United States ...

  Look Away “Look away, across the fabled sea,” Our fathers cried, with voices loud and clear, There’s a place ...

  NOTE: Winners and rankings now available here: https://www.classicalpoets.org/winners-and-rankings-of-the-great-american-poetry-competition/ In partnership with the White House's Freedom 250 initiative. Submit Email ...