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Mount Rushmore

Off to Mount Rushmore To see the presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt, Men of enormous stature In the land of The Lakota, Keystone, South Dakota Fourteen years undertaking Borglum’s work breathtaking, With sixty-foot-high faces Carved into granite outcrop, One of our country’s Most celebrated places. written August 15, 2021 Featured on All Poetry's Front Page September 28, 2021

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Jennifer Fenn

Date: 8/22/2021 5:57:00 PM

Mount Rushmore's on my bucket list too! Have fun there. Great poem about your anticipation of seeing it. It's what I'm sure I will feel when I get to go.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/22/2021 6:25:00 PM

Thanks so much, Jennifer. I am back now. It was every bit as I expected it would be.

Virginia Gelok

Date: 8/19/2021 7:17:00 PM

As a Canadian this was a brief history lesson for me all bundled in your short poem. Thankyou for that. Enjoy your trip if you are on your way there,

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/22/2021 7:01:00 PM

I'm home now, Virginia, trying to catch up. Thank you!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/17/2021 9:11:00 PM

O.K., Milt. Oh, Milt! MILT! You can come down now. It's the 18th already. Time to say goodbye to Teddy Bear! ... Hey, hope you're having a great trip and getting away from nuts like me for a few days. ~ Pina Colada

Hilo Poet

Date: 8/16/2021 9:09:00 PM

Milt, seems like you've done your homework and I know that you'll enjoy it as we did, don't forget the unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial a half-hour's drive away. IF, Devil's Tower, I think it a 2-hour drive -- we took the family car. Have FUN my friend, ALOHA!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/16/2021 3:19:00 PM

great stature takes on a new meaning when you get to see it up close. I really like this one. I still have my old photo of when my family went there when I was only 14. I was standing in front of a railing (actually skinny) right before I started putting on weight!! I hope this monument will live on for centuries.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 5:10:00 PM

I'm getting excited to see it, Andrea. Thanks for your note.

William Pickard

Date: 8/16/2021 12:41:00 PM

Great poem sad some people have to involve politics in the comment section. Rico the left-o is drifting! Appreciate your writings keep up the great work!

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/16/2021 11:37:00 AM

Despite all the TV advertisements, you will see it looks much better without Trump!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 12:46:00 PM

I'm sure I'll find it interesting. I studied about Gutzon Borglum in the fourth grade. The sculpture was only a few years old then.

William Pickard
Date: 8/16/2021 12:38:00 PM

I thought this site was about poetry, not politics?

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/16/2021 8:45:00 AM

I have been there, and it is a great experience! Nice tribute Hank

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 12:49:00 PM

Thank you so much, Caren. We'll be on our way in the morning. My brother Jim is on his way here from Panama City, FL. He's traveling in the remnants of Fred, I suspect.

Mike Gentile

Date: 8/16/2021 8:15:00 AM

Never been Milton but would love too! Love your poem about it !! Happy Monday!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 12:50:00 PM

Well, pack up and come along with my brother and me. We're leaving Kentucky in the morning.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 8/16/2021 7:54:00 AM

Would love to see this. I haven't been out of Appalachia too often. Love this one. God bless you. Love, Gina

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 8:09:00 AM

Thank you, Gina. Well, pack it all up and head northwest. You deserve a trip!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/16/2021 6:22:00 AM

Love this! My husband was just saying we should visit the place,

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/16/2021 8:11:00 AM

I hope you get to do it real soon, Kim. I'm sure I'll be writing some poems about it when I get home.