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Princes and Poets of the Realm
8/30/2009 10:38:54 AM
He may not have been a prince in the royal sense but he certainly was one where individual integrity was concerned.
When word came of the death of Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (1932-2009) last week, I did as I so often do when hearing about the passing of someone whose life had a major influence on my own––I reached for my pen to write a poem or short essay in tribute to the great soul. I had already written several for Michael Jackson––including the Notes for an Elegy in the Key of Michael that seemed to compose itself––and so I was in a kind of elegizing mode.
Strangely, pressing pen against paper or fingers upon the keyboard, nothing came in regard to Senator Kennedy (D-MA) and that concerned me. My admiration for him and his brothers was deep and genuine enough but I seemed unable to transcribe my respect for him into the appropriate words. Then, while watching a CBS report on his life, I understood why.
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