Jfk Poems - Poems about Jfk

Ngo Dinh Diem thought America was a friend That turned out badly, he met a bloody end A State Department cabal thought he denied human rights They pulled the plug and turned off the lights JFK agreed he had to go, Diem was hurting our side Viet plotters then shot him, JFK was horrified. Then we ended up putting our troops...

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Robert Sherriff-Australian - Actor-Model-Poet- Author-Singer- Historian -Photographer  "JFK - My Life My life and your years on this Earth—flashbacks—everything was in black and white. I remember 1963: John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas. My teachers cried. Not me. I was in grade three. Superman, Davy Crockett on TV. Walt Disney every Sunday. Now that I’m retired...

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Today I’m thankful for children and for John F. Kennedy.. Who said: Children are the messages we send to a time we will not see. ...

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Few now remember the horror of November 22nd The year was 1963, and it seems a long time ago, But by American history and memories reckoned The death of the president far eclipsed Mar-a-Lago. On that day President John F. Kennedy was killed, Shot to death in old Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, It was said accomplished by a man not-so-skilled, And...

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She scrambled from where she sat in the back seat climbing onto the trunk of that long luxurious Lincoln not to escape an assassin's assault as many assumed but to collect the shards of skull and bits of brain that had been blown back onto it as a bullet blasted a hole in his head his body lolling over to lie limply in her lap as her flowers fell to the floorboard sure...

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JFK By Franklin Price 11/22/2020 What do you remember, About this day, in '63? Do you remember Dallas, And the horror there to see? JFK's assassination As he was driving by Camelot was dying We could only watch and cry Where would we have been today, If that die had not been cast? Would we be reflecting On a very different past? Would the parties get along? Red and...

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President John F Kennedy, made America space ready, shot when in the prime of his life, he died next to his loving wife! 1st placement written 17/11/2020 Brian Strand QUAT-RO 4 line contest 8 syllables each line AABB RHYME...

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Bob Dylan's Suicide A song on JFK Assassination Like a Rolling Stone, I Want You, Blowin' In The Wind, Hurricane. Mr. Tamborine Man, Just Like A Woman, It Ain't Me Babe Tangled Up In Blue Visions Of Johanna Every Grain of Sand Jokerman, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. Shelter From The Storm Maggie's Farm, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here, The Times Are A Changing All Along The Watch...

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One sunny day a tall, lithe man slowly climbed the steps. Some saw him as the bringer of peace. Others as the new beacon of understanding. But he was simply a man, by birth an American, by nature, Irish. He plodded forward, hampered by the pain in his back, and more so, by the pain in his heart. The crowd cried out for his...

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JFK - THE NIGHT BEFORE We'll nevermore mention some things we could tell, your struggle so long getting here, there's no man in heaven who's not been through hell nor never a man without fear; Your world must go on in just part of a day, with what you've been doing thus far, tonight you must sleep, where you go's a long...

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John Jack Kennedy was as brilliant as could be A studied Harvard graduate A navy hero of the sea He was from Massachusetts A lover of the dunes and used to walk beside them on summer afternoons He was a much loved President His spoken word was magic I never did understand why his ending was so tragic I can remember him so clear but time flies quickly...

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JFK Improves With the Passing Decades By Elton Camp With all the praises being heaped today Dare I speak negatively of Pres JFK? For his legacy, death proved to be ideal Making him a myth far removed from real I was still a young man when he died But well recall that some in joy cried “Johnson is far better man than he! It’ll...

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Not so easily trapped am I as I thought. But I fought for straightness and White picked Fences. Until holy Matrimony you Came and I Fell For it. But let's undo these knots Now. And Like Jackie Onassis I am Marilyn And you are Not safe....

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A handsome man, a valiant son, John Kennedy was he. A man who rose to President with civil rights the key. Who can forget the many days like Camelot they seemed, when all eyes were on Washington, they passed just like a dream. Ah, we remember Jacqueline a Vassar deb was she, who walked with grace on his right side through fame and infamy. One thousand days...

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He came from a prominent family, his achievements not denied. In school a straight "A" scholar, in the Navy served with pride. In the war he was heroic, where his life was on the line, which is documented in the movie, titled "PT 109". 1956 he wrote "Profiles in Courage," its success was no surprise. It resulted in him winning,...

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