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More Unites Us Than Divides Us!
(Or, "An Independence Day Poem")
We all have our differences—of that there is no doubt—
as we are a deeply divided country with seemingly no out!
However, the history of our country is not made out of
whole cloth, since it is much more like a patchwork quilt,
with all of its many flaws, variety and colorful vibrance.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
Let us dutifully remember the rebellious beginning of our
multicultural democracy, since our founders rejected the
cruel rule of a tyrannical king and his oppressive army.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
This is the reason our nation is similar to blended metals,
such as bronze, brass, or steel, which can be much better
than pure metals, because we are a lot stronger together.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
For, our nation was not created out of one similar kind
of people, from only one land, but out of a lot of different
kinds of people, from many lands, who became one people.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
That is why "e pluribus unum" (which is Latin for
"out of many, one") was written on the Great Seal of
the United States, as a theme and motto for America.
And there is much more that can be said—which is totally
true—about the diversified unity of the red, white and blue!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a. Three Dark Horses)
"I am the darkness which brings the daylight!"
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My Spiritual Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "Happy 250th Birthday, America!"
This is actually my second poem with the alternative title, "An Independence Day Poem." And my first alternatively titled "An Independence Day Poem" was written for the 234th Birthday of the United States of America on July 4th, 2010. The main title of that poem is "Between All Of Us."
By the way, If you wish to read that first "An Independence Day Poem," please see my blog post titled, "For the 234th Birthday of the United States of America," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest — Poet" blog, as well as on my blog post titled, "For Democracy, Part 4 — The Birthday of the United States of America," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog.
And I actually started writing this new "An Independence Day Poem" on February 14th, 2026—Valentine's Day—which is when I first thought of the title, "More Unites Us Than Divides Us," since this title is taken from a statement that I have heard repeatedly in the news about how deeply divided our country is these days, during this politically turbulent time.
You see, when I am writing, I will often first think of a title, which conveys what I am planning to eventually say in a poem, before I have even written one word of that poem. However, at other times, I think of all the words in a poem first, and then I will think of a title later on, sometimes even based upon some of the words in the poem.
In addition to that, even though I originally wrote this poem as an 'update' to the above-mentioned blog posts regarding my poem for the 234th birthday of America, I decided to publish it July 4th, 2026, as a blog post on all of my blogs—despite the fact that I have not published any new blog posts since December 31st, 2022—because I felt that the message in this poem was really important to help unite our divided country!
Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how this poem was written as I was writing it. So, I wanted to show you how this poem used to be written, before I revised it as above.
And it used to be written like this:
More Unites Us Than Divides Us
(Or, "An Independence Day Poem")
We all have our differences—of that there is no doubt!
We are a deeply divided country with seemingly no out!
Yet, the history of our country is not made out of whole
cloth, because it is much more like a patchwork quilt,
with its many flaws, variety and colorful vibrance.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
And let us remember the turbulent beginning of our
rebellious country, as our founders rejected the rule
of a petty, tyrannical king and his oppressive army.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
This is why our country is like blended metals, such
as bronze, brass, or steel, which can be much better
than pure metals, because we are stronger together.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
For, our country was not created out of only one kind
of people—from one land—but out of many different
kinds of people—from many lands—who became one.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
Thus, that is why "e pluribus unum" (which is latin for
"out of many, one") was written on the Great Seal of
the United States as a theme and motto for America.
And there is so much more to say here that is totally true
about the differentiated unity of the red, white and blue!
Therefore, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.
And this poem was also published on my "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Small All White in the Forest," "Poet, Artist and Philosopher," "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" and "Paul Whiting — Math Magician."
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingmath.blogspot.com
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July 4th, 2026 Update No. 1, Written On February 14th, 2026, February 16th, 2026, February 17th, 2026, March 3rd, 2026, June 2nd, 2026, June 28th, 2026, July 1st, 2026 And July 3rd, 2026 (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was, Part 2" Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog):
Happy Independence Day, everyone!
The following is actually my second poem with the alternative title, "An Independence Day Poem." And my first alternatively titled "An Independence Day Poem" was written for the 234th Birthday of the United States of America on July 4th, 2010. The main title of that poem is "Between All Of Us."
By the way, If you wish to read that first "An Independence Day Poem," please see my blog post titled, "For the 234th Birthday of the United States of America," which can be found on my "Small All White in the Forest — Poet" blog, as well as on my blog post titled, "For Democracy, Part 4 — The Birthday of the United States of America," which can be found on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog.
And I actually started writing this new "An Independence Day Poem" on February 14th, 2026—Valentine's Day—which is when I first thought of the title, "More Unites Us Than Divides Us," since this title is taken from a statement that I have heard repeatedly in the news about how deeply divided our country is these days, during this politically turbulent time.
You see, when I am writing, I will often first think of a title, which conveys what I am planning to eventually say in a poem, before I have even written one word of that poem. However, at other times, I think of all the words in a poem first, and then I will think of a title later on, sometimes even based upon some of the words in the poem.
In addition to that, even though I originally wrote this poem as an 'update' to the above-mentioned blog posts regarding my poem for the 234th birthday of America, I decided to publish it July 4th, 2026, as a blog post on all of my blogs—despite the fact that I have not published any new blog posts since December 31st, 2022—because I felt that the message in this poem was really important to help unite our divided country!
Thus, I decided to write this new poem "More Unites Us Than Divides Us" for the 250th Birthday of the United States of America, on July 4th, 2026, with the alternative title, "An Independence Day Poem," as follows:
More Unites Us Than Divides Us!
(Or, "An Independence Day Poem")
We all have our differences—of that there is no doubt—
as we are a deeply divided country with seemingly no out!
However, the history of our country is not made out of
whole cloth, since it is much more like a patchwork quilt,
with all of its many flaws, variety and colorful vibrance.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
Let us dutifully remember the rebellious beginning of our
multicultural democracy, since our founders rejected the
cruel rule of a tyrannical king and his oppressive army.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
This is the reason our nation is similar to blended metals,
such as bronze, brass, or steel, which can be much better
than pure metals, because we are a lot stronger together.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
For, our nation was not created out of one similar kind
of people, from only one land, but out of a lot of different
kinds of people, from many lands, who became one people.
So, it is true that more invites us than derides us!
And that is why more unites us than divides us!
That is why "e pluribus unum" (which is Latin for
"out of many, one") was written on the Great Seal of
the United States, as a theme and motto for America.
And there is much more which can be said—that is totally
true—about the diversified unity of the red, white and blue!
–Paul Whiting (written on February 14th, 2026, on February 16th, 2026, on February 17th, 2026, on March 3rd, 2026, on June 2nd, 2026, on June 28th, 2026, on July 1st, 2026 and on July 3rd, 2026)
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This "Three Dark Horses" Post No. 088 was edited on July 4th, 2026.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
