Greg Gaul Poet Rhyme

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Tribute and credit to Ben Ferencz (American lawyer) who at 27 years old headed and pled the Nuremberg trial against numerous Nazi war criminals in the murders of approximately one million people additional to Holocaust victims. The phrase, "nothing new ever happened before" comes from an interview of Ferencz at age 99 recalling his trial - his life dedicated to international justice and advocacy against war.

Author's Note: To the biblical phrase,"nothing new under the sun": some things are new.

Nothing New Ever Happened Before

What's new under the sun?
Lots is new but some say "none".
Skeptics claim all's been done;
the simple truth not begun...
a baby's first cry is one!

Lots we've never seen before,
every day there's more and more.
Gay marriage or organ transplants,
fuel from trash or talking plants.
Prospects of viewing a black hole,
the first to see a human soul!

Muse about a song not yet written,
sweet glances before you're smitten.
Stories that make your heart to soar,
human hope springs forth galore!

Thinkers have unending hopes for thought.
Are we the sum of all we're taught?
Of this, I'm assured so - even more.
Nothing new ever happened before!


Written 7/2/2019
Julia Ward Best Rhyme of July 2019 Contest

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Andrea Dietrich July 10, 2019 at 3:24 PM great poetry, greg. Very thought provoking. Greg Gaul July 10, 2019 at 5:43 PM Thanks for your kind visit, Andrea. Much appreciated.

Connie Marcum Wong July 10, 2019 at 6:12 AM Your amazing poem felt like it came from a free thinker and an enlightened soul Greg. I really connected with it. Change is inevitable with new things and ideas happening every day! Excellent! : ) xxoo Greg Gaul July 10, 2019 at 8:33 AM Connie your insight is so keen. Open mindedness is the path to enlightenment...a better world for us all. Always appreciate your remarks.

Gershon Wolf July 2, 2019 at 8:48 PM ---only combinations and recombinations thereof... It's either Ecclesiastes or Shakespeare, (or both). I can never remember. Enjoyed your musings, Greg Greg Gaul July 3, 2019 at 6:18 PM It was Ecclesiastes, thanks Gershon. Funny how we often take these statements as absolutes, when they are not. So nice of you to visit and comment.