Where Have The Flowers Gone- - -Pete Seeger Knows For Sure Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Pete Seeger died today,1/26/14 an American icon
Although he was blacklisted by McCarthyism America
For he was avowed communist but he and Arlo Guthrie did not pretend
To sing songs that were about equality, anti-Vietnam, social consciousness
Through the decades.
I remember through your music
The countless folk masses
I remember and bought the red book about banjo playing
I never saw tablature before, this supposedly schooled guitarist of 13 years old
Who knew the you carried on a tradition of 600+ years
A tradition that I based my Master's Final Project
Libro Primo d' Intavolatura de Lauto
The First Book in Tablature for Lute
by H. Kapsberger published in Rome,1611
Yes, Pete you did contribute to my MA degree
Through his banjo we learned cycle of life through biblical verses
Turn, Turn, Turn
We learned how to forge a bell of liberty,
We have the hammer
This Land is ours he reminded us
Pete Seeger R.I.P.
Your country owes you for your songs of wisdom.

1/28/14