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President Lincoln

Great leader Defender Death to enemy Can see victory Young country Still in its dire infancy Fighting brother and brother Commander Chief looks for exit Finds none, war will start War is hell Casualties Russell Sivey Form ? (Make up --- tanduku) ***3,3,5,5,3,7,7,3,5,5,3,3***

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Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 11/7/2011 5:21:00 PM

Ole' Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter...is in my family tree, several generations back. What makes this really odd, is my wife lineage traces back to John Wilkes Booth! Guess I better watch my back at bedtime! These are Facts/ Nice tribute to a great man!

Don Johnson

Date: 8/26/2011 4:43:00 AM

Great piece of poetry, historical, the slaves are free, you hit the nail,drove it in, war is hell n sin is sin... on ya cobber...

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/25/2011 3:11:00 PM

Enjoyed reading your very interesting poetry today Russell. Love, Carol

Wilma Neels

Date: 8/25/2011 6:20:00 AM

An awesome poem on Lincoln Russell :) Wilma

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/25/2011 2:08:00 AM

I LOVE Lincoln. He truly was, as you wrote here, a great leader.

Judy Ball

Date: 8/25/2011 1:02:00 AM

Nice job Russ. And amid all that he dealt ith the death of one of his sons and his wife's subsequent nervous breakdown due to her grief. No wonder he always looked so sad. God Bless, JB