The Floating Poetry Broadcast ~ No. 3. ~ on Possibility

The 3rd in a weekly series of live broadcasts by the Poet & Poetorialist Colin Goedecke...

… this by "Full Flower" moon-and-fire light from Weekapaug, Rhode Island.

…by the wild and gentle ocean.

An expansive 25-minute journey ~ Into places of inner and outer possibilities.

Places of reverie, harmony, and humanity.

A sharing of original, themed poems for the heart, mind and thirsting spirit.

Declaring Your Independence ~ a plein air poem on the Country's Independence Day ~ July 4th

Declaring Your Independence

                                     on the Country’s Independence Day

On this day when we mark

with fireworks and picnics

the Country becoming 

wholly self-governing,

maybe it’s a day, 

an opportunity

to affirm or assent, ascend to 

our own free-handedness,

our fullest independence ~

of thought, of action;

of way of living, being 

in the world. The right

to freely choose our own way,

to naturally express 

our own feelings

among our own people,

all people.

Without fanfare, or fear  

of their histrionics,

censorings or polemics.

Maybe declaring this 

Self-rule; giving up

beholdenness ~ to

anything or anyone that

keeps us from growing,

keeps us from rising.

Including allegiance

to old beliefs,  

unserving loyalties 

~ and giving ourselves

these vital, radial liberties,

takes equal braveness ~ 

and even greater 

precedence.

Colin Goedecke

Morristown, New Jersey

July 4th, 2018