Bill Grace Poems

God has a sense of humor and
If you have time I have a tale.

In military basic training land
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Remember, Oh Great One
In the American system
You are always given enough rope
To hang yourself
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The puppy coming in from afar is good theology
With seal broken and water provided
The cats with magi caution approach his crate
Not a sound is made.
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The former green beret
turned author
talked writing
talked books and self publishing
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The leaves in golds of brown and yellow
Declare a beauty greater than the daily green
Beauty always present but not always seen
That in that time before their fall
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Even the title offends for those of long memory
And it is strange the Ivory gal would forfeit
Her crown to make bad film.
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Dad, I hope you know
How good you truly were
Despite tri-decade war
With a son who only very slowly understood.
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In the twenty year race that Colin Powell entered
Expecting to end with a lieutenant colonel's leaf
You can not underestimate the benefit of being
A wise and daily briefer of the President,
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'The death of President Eisenhower takes from our midst a great Ameican, a great statesman and military leader who served our country in peace and war with sound judgment and outstanding courage.' Speaker of the House John McCormack


In Washington tonight the heart of Dwight David Eisenhower is still. He passed gently from us at 12: 25 this afternoon. President, General of the Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Commander of N.A.T.O., author, and former President of Columbia University; all prove an inadequate measure of the man. For Dwight Eisenhower was the embodiment of an American dream.
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The woman who most in our church would vote a saint
Shared that if she had known at birth
The pain that that young infant would bring
The destruction of inheritance, lawyers, counselors, judges and debt
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