One Giant Leap For Mankind!
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One Giant Leap For Mankind Out in the Galaxy, from the Apollo 11, far away Neil Armstrong did the first Moon walk, one day Ears were glued to radios and eyes to TV’s “Giant
leap for mankind!” Oh please! I think mankind will make a major leap After they scale racial boundaries and put wars to sleep Not this 40 year old step they made on the moon They screamed, “We did it!” Did what? Become the global
goon? Life since that one step has not changed positively Ever nation still fights for supremacy And mankind still deprives others from food to eat People starve to death, die from cold or sleep in the
street Fellow humans are seen but not seen Over the last 4 decades morality gave way to the obscene Rapes have increased in frequency and globally too Murders and thefts have grown and some crimes are new And we dare celebrate July 20th as the 40th
anniversary NASA’s astronaut step into a new renaissance for
humanity Keep the perspective and acknowledge that it was when Innovation succeeded in the historic Moon landing None of this lunar experience developed a more
charitable mind Don’t confuse man’s scientific ability with a Giant Leap
For Mankind! |
Very amusing! I admire acrostic poems-- very hard form.
For what it's worth, I posted my Apollo 11
poem to the Cleveland poetics blog.
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original comment.
I admire your acrostic poem, by the way-- it's a tough form. I tried
an acrostic sonnet once, but never quite got it where I was satisfied
with it.
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