POEM: Franklin, My Dear…He Gave A Damn
This was written to the theme of Benjamin Franklin on the CPC Thematic Attic Thursday poetry challenge.
FRANKLIN, MY DEAR…HE GAVE A DAMN
Ben Franklin an American icon
electrified students at college.
Nothing to it to liken,
lightning our long path with knowledge.
Founder of famous almanac
so farmers new wisdom would find.
Keep their crops growing on track,
and produce a great harvest of mind.
Ambassador of goodwill overseas,
he tarried with ladies and Kings,
until he saw Parliament’s sleaze,
and returned to where freedom bell rings.
As a crafter of Liberty’s rules,
emerging from convention sit,
replied when asked what it had made:
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
Copyright January 17th 2013 RGD