[fish hawk]

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

[TEXOKIE]

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.

[amom]

"...we thank our Lord above for this
great man who leads us now."

Very well done. Thank you so very much.