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Grit
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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[image: Indomitable Spirit
SculptureWalk Sioux Falls}

in memory of Stephen Hawking


Poem Artwork

 

Grit

Like an animated cartoon
We live and love yet fail in our
Quest for something we cannot define;
Still we search and get on with the
Battering when half a loaf cannot
Sustain what our soul requires;
The unrequited life is
Only for the strong
When yielding means
Servitude
And acquiescence is the
Curse of the oppressed;
Or so the tale is told…

You can say what you want
But those who master this
Thing called life
Are not the beautiful or
The wealthy or even
The healthy
It belongs to those who
Dare to dream
Who reach for the stars
With their toes
Or their nose
And who lift our spirits
By their actions that
Proclaim
As long as I have a voice
And the need to survive
My soul is not for sale and
I will not be
Conquered.

  

 


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 Reviews of "Grit"
Reviewed on March 30, 2018
Viva the Poet!

This intriguing and Souls' edifying composition of ontological background sings in harmonous rhythm of poetic wisdom. "Grit" glows.

I have enjoyed the reading of an exquisite poem painted withsage hues.

Health, Peace and Courage.

In reverent appreciation,

Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU

Reviewed on March 14, 2018
What a powerful tribute to an amazing man. I am moved.

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
Life sometimes gives is something which is so powerful we just want to give up on life, and many do. Some refuse to give up as your poem illustrator.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
Great, spirit lifting poem…

Before he acquired ALS, Stephen Hawking was a privileged young man ensconced in the elite Oxford tradition. Already considered a brilliant astrophysicist. If he wasn't supported immensely by his classmates and Oxford, he may not have been able to achieve his seminal book, "A Brief History of Time."

Similarly, Christopher Reeve was Superman before his fall from a horse paralyzed him. Both men stand for grit and overcoming, but it is a bit unfair not to consider all the others. Almost no one will remember Freddie Everett (rock guitarist--ALS) or James Sweatt (NFL linebacker--MS) but they are living and dying early with grit among us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILlbBJ9B-50

https://www.facebook.com/WellnessTechnologies/videos/783456621685230/

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
You said it, and said it well.

Reviewed by Diana Wiles
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
A remarkable man...
An example to all in so many ways...
Your poem says it so well Ed...
True Grit....
Diana...

Reviewed by Jansen Estrup
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
A fine tribute to a brilliant and twisted giant, Ed. The more he shrank in size the more vibrant his piece of the spectrum became.

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on March 14, 2018
true

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on March 13, 2018
And so lived Stephen Hawking, that indominable spirit cast into a broken body. May he rest in the perfection of peace.

Reviewed by Tiffany Simar
Reviewed on March 13, 2018
Amen!


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