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A Message From JFK

December 15, 2009
By Sandwichman329 BRONZE, Lawrence, Kansas
Sandwichman329 BRONZE, Lawrence, Kansas
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Today
An End
A Beginning
Today
Renewal and
Change
Celebrate Freedom
For Man holds
Power
To Abolish Poverty and
Life
Revolutionary Beliefs
That We are the Heirs of
Have been passed
To a new generation
Tempered by War
Disciplined
Proud of ancient Heritage
Let every nation
Know
We shall pay,
Meet Hardships,
Support Friends,
Oppose Foes,
To assure
Liberty
Because it is Right
United there is little we cannot do
Divided,
Little we can
If we cannot help the Many
We cannot save the Few
This much we Pledge
And more.




--JFK Inaugural Address
January 20, 1961

The author's comments:
This poem is a found poem.It is made up comletely of words and phrases found in JFK's inaugural address. All I did was try to capture his point.

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