Single Star! flag teeming with pride!
Covering all my towns! All my beautiful chimeras!
Flag of patriots (how I heard of valiant struggles to see you free!
How I read of revolution, the Lares revolution!)
Solitary flag! proud star! A precious pearl born in the Caribbean Sea!
Ah my Puerto Rican beauty! Ah embroidered by the patriot’s golden arm!
Ah to write the poems of you, my Taina cacica.
My cherished one, my country.
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Author:
rrodriguez (
Offline) - Published: July 30th, 2017 13:15
- Comment from author about the poem: This poem is an adaptation of Delicate Cluster by Walt Whitman. I gave it my own twist based on my Puerto Rican heritage.
- Category: Sociopolitical
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Comments1
This is lovely! Made my heart swell.
Thank you for reading my poem and commenting. There\'s a movement in Puerto Rico to paint the Puerto Rican flag in each town plaza a symbol of pride.
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