Ponder a Moment

Martin Luther King, Jr.
  a leader, a statesman
a preacher, an inspiration

Robert F. Kennedy
  boyish, vulnerable
beloved, fiercely capable

Ponder a moment, will you? ~
  How great America might be
Had she blended the words
  and the works of these two
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 7/2/2020 9:32:00 PM
Brings to mind some other great statesmen of that era. Now most, not all, are just politicians.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/2/2020 11:23:00 PM
--- If they're even politicians. Witness Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, and some others who've ogled the Presidency...
Date: 7/2/2020 2:32:00 AM
Yes, but what happened to both of them? what sad endings for such FABULOUS men who could have uplifted the world. And John Lennon too. Craziness started early!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/2/2020 7:16:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You're lumping John Lennon in with MLK and RFK?! Have you been tested for COVID-19 lately?! lol. :) gw
Date: 7/1/2020 10:22:00 AM
pondering that possibility just makes me feel worse - look at how far we've fallen! excellent poem, gershon...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/1/2020 3:52:00 PM
So true. Is there a level below the basement? -- That's where we find ourselves, leadership-wise! And not just in the USA! Oh, well... Time for the Messiah to come! :) gw
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