I am President McKinley assassinated,
Roosevelt takes office.
I am Einstein's theory of relativity as
Promised.
I am the Harley-Davidson that was
Created.
I am even today no other cycle has
Dominated.
I am MLB's first world series
Game.
I am the disposable razor,
King Gillette is the name.
I am Susan B. Anthony the year
She dies.
I am President Roosevelt when he wins
The Nobel Peace Prize.
I am Oklahoma when it becomes a
State.
I am San Francisco when the earth
Shakes.
I am an explosion in a West Virginia
Coal mine.
I am the wheatback penny with a
New design.
I am the FBI the day it was
Born.
I am the Model-T ford without
A horn.
I am instant coffee when it was
Introduced.
I am color in a photo first
Produced.
I am silent movies at the
Picture show.
I am America modernized by
The radio.
Turbo1904
Captain America was a super-hero,
but he needed a strong shield
for protection against enemy attacks,
and he used a triangular one for a long while.
Replacing the over-used old one,
President Roosevelt presented him
a circular shield made of alien metal vibranium,
given by the King of Wakanda.
The disc-shaped shield was indestructible,
for it had unique vibration absorption property,
saving the Captain from life-threatening attacks,
helping him to incapacitate the Red Skull.
The legendary shield created history,
after Captain’s death one replica was kept in museum,
another was buried with him,
until he was resurrected from suspended animation.
The shield can be construed as a symbol,
created by the invincible spirit of man
for protection by the screen of faith in God
against the evils of the world.
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July 24, 2022
Contest : Captain America's Shield
Sponsored by : Robert James Liguori
Captain America's shield,
has been a recurring item from the beginning;
a weapon used for defense and offence,
there have been several shields.
Made in different shapes and designs and of different materials,
it began with a triangle (I think the Captain liked that shape)
then, he was presented with a disc-shaped shield
by President Roosevelt that he liked a lot too !
Captain had a few triangles,
that got destroyed overtime in many a battle;
they were made in many different secret materials,
the red circular shield is the best known.
I like the red, white and blue design with the white star,
and it has powers and properties helpful to the Captain;
but, even that has been damaged, destroyed and lost,
but the shield always comes back to fight !
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July 18, 2022
Poetry/Free Verse/The Shield
Copyright Protected, ID 07-1474-346-18
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France
Written for the Premiere contest, Captain America's Shield
sponsor, Robert James Liguori, Judged 08/04/2022
Fifth Place
President Roosevelt once said, " In Politics nothing happens by accident. If it happens you can believe it was planned that way!"
Nothing ever changes......
If we were dealing with the law of average at least one fourth of the world events that affect us should be good for America?
If we attribute happenings to mere incompetence our Political leaders should eventually make a mistake in our favor!
But. . . . Nothing ever changes.....Why?
contest: Politically Educated, Dana Smith
Submitted by Judy Konos
The Death of the Innocents
By Elton Camp
About politics or government I take no position
In this, yet another, “horrors of war” composition
My memories of the Second World War are few
My time was occupied with what little kids do
The reasons for rationing were regularly reported
That there was a foreign war that must be supported
The attack on Pearl Harbor I don’t remember at all
Or that President Roosevelt for war on Japan did call
That atomic bombs were dropped, I didn’t know
But learned of it in school much later, though
Playing and riding my tricycle was the thing to do
A Hiroshima child my age was then doing it too
The Japanese child, I haven’t the slightest doubt
As with me, didn’t know what the war was about
I think, with horror, of that child’s searing pain
If he survived, lifelong scars were sure to remain
To praise war, some feel there are reasons to try
Let’s not forget about all the innocents who die
(Written after seeing a child's devastated tricycle on display in a Hiroshima museum)
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