his fifth and most recent volume of poetry is "so i will till the ground" >> my name is gregory djanikianand i was born in alexandria, egypt, and came to this which when i was 8 years old. i have spent my boyhood in a small town in pennsylvania, williams port, home of the little league and my culturization to this country occurred in some ways on the baseball fields of that town. now i live near philadelphia, a city which saw the founding of this nation. i would like to read a poem called immigrant picnic which describes a july fourth get together of my immigrant family who with american families across the nation contribute to the celebration of independence. the poem-- poem also describes how we might contribute to the great melting pot that is the english language. that for many of us who have come from different countries, our difficulties with american i had yoms often lead town expected syntactic construction and surprising turns of phrase which enrich the language and by which we are enriched . immigrant picnic. it's the fourth of july, the flags are painting the town. the plastic