SALUTING LONG ISLAND’S SPLENDOR
July 29, 2010 by Aleta Labiento · Leave a Comment
LONG ISLAND BOATERS
HANDLE WITH GREAT CARE
THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND BEACHES
AND BIRDS FLYING THERE
SEA SCULPTURES AND SAND DUNES
WHERE WILD ROSES DO FARE
DAY LILIES AND DAISIES
PROLIFERATE AND SHARE
OUR NATIONAL TREASURE
IN WHICH NONE DO COMPARE
THE SPLENDOR OF HER LANDSCAPE,
WE DRINK IN LIKE AIR
A PORTRAIT IN RHAPSODY
JULY ‘RADIATES’ HER WARES
WE CELEBRATE HER FOURTH,
IN MEMORIAL WE SHARE
OUR GLORIOUS NATION
WHERE FREEDOM IS NOT RARE
BLUE ANGELS IN FORMATION,
LINKED TO STRONG-SHARES
NONE WILL DISRUPT US
OUR HARMONIES PROCLAIM
OUR TREASURES STRONGLY STAND AND REMAIN
AS WE GAZE AT OUR
TRIBUTARIES AND BEACHES
AND BIRDS THAT FLY HERE
OUR NATION IS FREEDOM
WITH EACH DAY WE SHARE
IN TRUE BREADTH MEMORIALS,
NONE DO COMPARE
WE WATCH OVER OUR TREASURES
AND HANDLE WITH CARE!
Lee Labiento
Long Island Yacht Club
Babylon New York
