Best Introspectionwar Poems
If I were an animal it would be a horse, Man 'O War to be exact.
I could then answer the question that the whole world wants to know,
"Who was the fastest, Man O War or Secretariat"?
Being a human only gives me the ability to research and know
that the movie Sea Biscuit. while entertaining, was not authentic.
Movie makers claim Sea Biscuit was small when he took on
War Admiral in the match race of the century (and won)!
The truth is they were both the same size!
The aggravating part is the movie depicted Sea Biscuit
as being inferior to War Admiral and stated the Biscuit did not have good
bloodlines. That's a bummer, considering Sea Biscuit was Man O Wars grandson
and War Admiral was his son!
I suppose you could say, "Well it's just a movie"! When actually these two horses
are our history. Both gave our country hope in a time when America was in the
Great Depression. Just as Secretariat,( who was on the cover of every leading
sports magazine) and the only honest thing in the country, who gave us "hope",
during the scandals of Watergate and the Vietnam War.
When Secretariat won the Belmont by 31 lengths giving him the 1973 Triple Crown,
it was almost supernatural as if the Lord whispered in his ear , "GO" and he went.
Secretariat will be remembered as one of our nations greatest horses because like
Man O War and Sea Biscuit they gave us "hope" and isn't that what life's all
about?
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Contest: If I were an animal what would I be
Submitted by: Judy Konos
It is just one of those things that goes unnoticed
When credit is due for a job well done.
I'm talking of all the support one has to get
Especially, if the job is not fun.
But I look back in our history to see
Things that we did together in National cause.
Many of them were given to the credit of one side or the other
But in truth, they give me reason to pause.
The founding of our country was credited to wealthy men
Who signed that document in Philadelphia so long ago.
But would it have been worth the paper it is written on
If it hadn't been for the "Nobodys" that braved the Valley Forge snow?
The Civil War we had devastated our land
And pitted brother against brother from sea to sea.
Yet, Lincoln got the credit for keeping the nation together
When so many others died in a war, which began to set others free.
Our Parents and Grandparents get not enough credit
For living through adversity as none of us has seen.
"The Great Depression", "World War ll", and the lasting peace to follow
Truly makes them "The Greatest Generation" that has ever been.
Then we had the "Space Race", Kennedy's "Peace Corps" initiative, a "War on Poverty"
Followed by other Presidents' projects o'er the years which the Nation did not eschew.
So, from a small voice to the ears of all who will listen and hear
I say, "GIVE TRUE CREDIT TO THE PEOPLE ... CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE"!