Patriotic Poetry

Plowboy Manifesto Live

By bardofthewoods May 23, 2023 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry 23 May 2023 Farmers and ranchers are the backbone of this country. They feed America and much of the world. The family farm is the heart of American agriculture but in these days of corporations and foreign interests buying our land and squeezing families out, the last thing the farmer and […]

SHE’S BEEN MISTREATED NOT DEFEATED

By bardofthewoods July 4, 2015 Leave a comment

By Don Kenton Henry   The Lady’s served her children well She’s known joy and she’s known hell She’s lost more than just one son and daughter too She’s been through tragedy and triumph Ever watchful and reliant And she does it all for me and you   A shining beacon across the seas leading those […]

HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS

By bardofthewoods May 27, 2014 Leave a comment

HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS BY DON KENTON HENRY The eight year old grasped the old man’s hand as they walked among the rows of headstones white as the cherry blossoms and clouds in the blue sky above.  As they entered Section 12 the man’s grip grew tighter. Counting each site, beneath which lay a veteran, […]

I Am An American Soldier

By bardofthewoods November 11, 2013 3 Comments

I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER BY DON KENTON HENRY I am and have been on watch eleven score and seventeen years Only my uniform has changed I am the one who twice saved the world I halt quests to exchange your freedom for oppression, the color of your skin for theirs – Your religion for […]