Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here.

The elections are over, and now is the time for our nation to reunite as one people.  This poem,  “For You O Democracy” by Walt Whitman helps me to appreciate the blessing of being an American and participating in the democratic system.  Even if your candidate or candidates didn’t win, I hope you will give thanks that we live in such a great country and that we have the opportunity not only to vote but to work for and support our candidates.

Remember, we read poetry together here for the pure pleasure of the experience. There are no quizzes, no right ways to read or contemplate the poem we share. Absolutely no dissecting allowed. Just come along for the “read.” What line, word or thought will you carry with you this week? If you’d like to tell us where the poem took you? We’ll listen.

Remember, too, there is a special giveaway in progress for those who comment on any Sunday Poetry blog before year’s end.  The prize is an autographed copy of Billy Collins’s Horoscopes for the Dead. See the details here. I’ve carried this precious autographed book from New York to Virginia, on to North Carolina, and now to Florida. It’s waiting for someone to claim it.

Will it be you?