This is the second time in two days that you have included a quote by JFK in regard to poetry, and I have to say the he, unlike other political leaders who use it mainly to make some vacuous speech sound good, seems to really understand what it's about.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.—John F. Kennedy
I know that poem by heart - “The Gift Outright.” A poem about the US welcoming immigrants to it's shores. Quite the reverse of what is happening now. Let's pray that America will find its way again. 🙏
This is the second time in two days that you have included a quote by JFK in regard to poetry, and I have to say the he, unlike other political leaders who use it mainly to make some vacuous speech sound good, seems to really understand what it's about.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.—John F. Kennedy
Yes, and JFK was the first American president to have a poem read at his inauguration, by Robert Frost.
I know that poem by heart - “The Gift Outright.” A poem about the US welcoming immigrants to it's shores. Quite the reverse of what is happening now. Let's pray that America will find its way again. 🙏
Robert Frost was obviously correct that Americans have a long way to go.
Either that or the took the wrong path when that road diverged on election day last year.
Americans took two very wrong turns when they elected Don the Con twice.