To: TEXOKIE
Thak you for asking for my poem I wrote today about the historic landing of our great President aboard the Abraham Lincoln. A tribute to our troops, a great ship, and a great president:
HONOR AT SEA
Today, a day in history
our leader took to air
the President of our country
like none before would dare
to welcome home returning troops
upon the deck he slam
with military honors on
the bosom of Abraham
our troops swarmed all around him
like sailors drunk on grog
the great ship's captain wrote with pride
into the Lincoln's log:
"Today our ship was honored
all men will mark this day
when our beloved President
on this first day in May
landed on our flight deck
where heroes come and go
to thank us for our service
and let the world know
what freedom means to Americans
what bloodshed and what tears
and what he said to us today
we will honor through the years
Though great men, rare, do come and go
as fate would us allow
we thank our Lord above for this
great man who leads us now."
by Mel Smith
the Fish Hawk
To: fish hawk; .30Carbine; 2ndIDVet; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; AF_Blue; Alamo-Girl; amom; ...
Thank you for bringing your poem to our troop prayer thread! It is a beautiful contribution, and so appropriate for today's historical events :-)
My favorite lines were "bosom of Abraham" and "into Lincoln's log."
My very favoritest is the last stanza. So very well said, and a hearty "Amen! Brother!"
*Pinging* all prayer warriors to see the excellent poems brought to our troop prayer thread by fish hawk and bentfeather.
149 posted on
05/01/2003 10:31:57 PM PDT by
TEXOKIE
To: fish hawk
"...we thank our Lord above for this
great man who leads us now."
Very well done. Thank you so very much.
158 posted on
05/02/2003 7:48:25 PM PDT by
amom
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