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....FOR OUR WORLD.... 1.9.09 Poem A Day
"I want to be a poet, a peacemaker and a philosopher who played."
Mattie was deeply aware of international affairs and shared a lot of his thoughts with me (Jimmy Carter). He was once again in the intensive care unit when the war in Iraq began and Mattie burst into uncontrollable sobs of grief and anger. Jeni said he had never cried nearly so much about his own health or his own problems.
He wrote me(Jimmy Carter) right after that and I will quote exactly what he said: "Dear Jimmy, I am hurting about the war and I cried last night when I saw the attack on Iraq. I am not trying to be disrespectful, but I feel like President Bush made a decision long ago that he was going to have this war. Imagine if he had spent as much time and energy considering the possibility of peace as he has convincing others of the inevitability of war. We'd be at a different point in history today."
I felt this was just as appropriate today as it was nine years ago.
this little guy was about eleven years old when he wrote this poem.
listen to the children. they may be small, but they see enormous things.
....FOR OUR WORLD.... 1.9.09 Poem A Day
"I want to be a poet, a peacemaker and a philosopher who played."
Mattie was deeply aware of international affairs and shared a lot of his thoughts with me (Jimmy Carter). He was once again in the intensive care unit when the war in Iraq began and Mattie burst into uncontrollable sobs of grief and anger. Jeni said he had never cried nearly so much about his own health or his own problems.
He wrote me(Jimmy Carter) right after that and I will quote exactly what he said: "Dear Jimmy, I am hurting about the war and I cried last night when I saw the attack on Iraq. I am not trying to be disrespectful, but I feel like President Bush made a decision long ago that he was going to have this war. Imagine if he had spent as much time and energy considering the possibility of peace as he has convincing others of the inevitability of war. We'd be at a different point in history today."
I felt this was just as appropriate today as it was nine years ago.
this little guy was about eleven years old when he wrote this poem.
listen to the children. they may be small, but they see enormous things.