.........If
Nelson Mandela
..........Found....
'Solitary confinement'
...A
Presidential qualifier
...Then
.............Why
......................Not
..............................John McCain
Author's Note:
Ah....the dialogue provoking atmosphere of poetry!
1. The poet Al Ramos...(comment below) posed an interesting
question 'If we fail in our mission, does that qualify us as heroes? '
2. Poet Dorothy A. Holmes' commentary...intuitively grasps the poem's
intent....emphatically characterizing...its critical distinction!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Mr. Earley, Do we dare compare the two men and the circumstance of their imprisonment and the length of time they were both incarcerated? As I recall, Mandela gave hope to a nation of people before he was imprisoned and his being set free was a realization of that hope after 27 years. His freedom and imprisonment gave courage and voice to a people too long silenced by apartheid. Does McCain speak for the people or a party? Dorothy