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Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--January 14, 2014: Good day for holidays to celebrate:
1.
Ratification Day---Ratification of the Treaty of Paris in 1784 ending
the Revolutionary War and establishing the United States as a sovereign
nation.
2.
National Poetry at Work Day--Great day to craft a poem and impress boss and
fellow workers as to your creativity and why you should get a raise.
3. International Kite Day--What to tell your boss (behind his back of course) and your co-workers to fly if they do not like your creative efforts.
On this day in:
a. 1963 George Wallace was sworn in as the governor of Alabama,
promising "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segreation
forever." Fortunately "forever" did not last very long.
b. 1973 Elvis Presley, wearing sandals and not blue suede shoes, aired
his live TV concert Aloha Hawaii by satellite which was viewed by a record
number of viewers for a concert by a single entertainer.
c.
1981 President Jimmy Carter proposed that Martin Luther King's
birthday become a national
holdiday.
One cannot work in a nation that
does not flourish: “Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or
flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed
or flourish." William Blake, 18th and 19th Century English poet and
painter, considered one of the seminal figures in the history of poetry and
the visual arts of the Romantic Age. Another reason to honor Poetry at Work
Day!
Take five from the second full week of work in 2014 and please enjoy the 140
character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
like them, retweet and join 135 growing followers and please
follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining
poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
an original poem on a 17 year old young Progeria victim who died on the eve of
becoming an honorary captain for the Patriots (have tissues handy)
and an original poem on 2013 in review just posted. Just posted
for your enjoyment on www.alaskanpoetcommentary.blogspot.com
poems on the "Constitution Free Zone" case to go to the Supreme
Court, on the book The Trident and courage of Navy Seals; and on Cartels
and funding risks pot growers and retail sellers in Colorado now may face.
In the works a comment on the Imperial Presidency's power grab.
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