A Ship without sails is a nonsensical dream,
to be loosened from the wind,
Fulton's Folly runs on Steam.
If Man were meant to fly, God would have given us wings,
Two Brothers and a Kite,
who could imagine such things.
The first day, God said: let there be light! and it was so.
Edison made us Gods,
with every switch we throw.
All we have to fear, is fear itself, said Roosevelt,
With Oppenheimer's deadly toys,
dreams of Peace, like Cities, would melt.
Vernor Vaughn Braun had a vision of going to the Moon,
JFK and: "These things we do"
Let's do them, and do them soon.
Take all of the Knowledge, Man has ever learned,
place it at my fingertips,
Gates and Jobs, their fortunes were well earned.
Study these great people, and I am sure that you will find,
"I can't"
is the lame excuse, of a lazy mind.
Author notes
Naaahhh, no notes, the last time I passed a note, I asked the little girl in the front row if she would be my girlfiend, she just turned and snarled her nose at me, I have suffered this rejection all of my life, I still love her, but it is unrequited, so sad,,,sob!
I hated the third grade.
A contest entry
- Quotes and Lots of Points...A contest. by JinSays.
5900 points, ended May 1, 2008, 14 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
An honest citique is well accepted
Comments
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Awesome, inspiring and informative to boot...congrats on the Gold and on an excellently penned poem
lol
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grrr. Why do I always forget the little "applause" guys when I get excited? Sheesh!..here they are
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Hurrah! I loved this poem from the first minute I read it! Congratulations on your well-deserved Gold!
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wooo hoo now gimme some points
if you dont i steal hehe
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Ummm pretty good write Love it love you more lol. Good luck in the contest Hope you lose lmao. hehe
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outstanding write! The ending..perfect! My condolences on your schoolroom experience...*
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I really really loved this! So truthful and insightful! It flows beautifully!
A truely great write!
Good luck in the contest,
Sunny
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Vernor Vaughn Braun had a vision of going to the Moon,
JFK and: "These things we do"
Let's do them, and do them soon.
AMEN!
I love this. The lame excuse at the bottom made me laugh. It's my saying, especially to myself. My kids say it to
fantastic write, your ANs are hilarious!
NICE TOUCH!
Thank you for this, you ROCK!
Jin -
LOL. . .is this who I think it is? . .(laughs most evil).
Welcome to my crazy new prompt game!
Here's what I have for you:
"The Reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the Unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the UnReasonable Man."
George Bernard Shaw, (Reason).
No restrictions, no word limit.
Take your time, we've plenty.
I want to know if this doesn't work for you. Please let me know as soon as you can.
Have fun with it. If you don't know the author, have a look at his history, he was an extraordinary man.
Jin
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Damn! Man, I never saw this coming. This is NICE! LOL What's up, brother? How have you been? Blessed I hope. I'm putting lo-jack on laptops. Among other things (I just find that the funniest.)
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