Composed together with Mia Taylor, for America's 250th birthday. Her copper coat now weathered by the rains,By dreams deferred and promises half-kept,Above the isle where weary millions stepped,The mighty woman with the torch remains.She cannot sway those weighty sunset gatesThat barred the way and forced St. Louis on,Yet parted for the ships that fled Saigon,And … Continue reading The Newer Colossus →