| General Poetry posted November 13, 2024 |
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Ask not what your country can do for you
Balls of Steel
by Terry Reilly
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5-7-5 Ode Poetry writing prompt entry
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Writing Prompt Write an ode poem praising something or someone you hold in high regard. |
I was a teenager at the time of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. I hugely admired the courage and resolve shown by JFK in standing up to Khruschev and Castro. It was terrifying, but I had no doubt it was necessary. A lesser man might have sought a *Chamberlain solution* - a fudged compromise that would have raised the stakes even higher - and who knows where we would be today. Despite his many flaws, he was a great man and a great leader.
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