The Open Mouth Of F. D. R.
The
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
was erected in Washington, D.C.
The artist appropriately features F.D.R.'s
open mouth, the theme of this poem
By Father John R. Green
An Episcopal Poet
Copyright © by John R. Green
Shown with his blessing
This poem is in the archives
of the F.D.R. Memorial Commission
which facilitated the memorial's erection.
It has been published in the anthology
"Beneath the Harvest Moon" of
the National Library of Poetry.
Nothing was ever so dear
In any depression year,
As the Open Mouth of F. D. R.
Banishing fear,
the confidence of a nation restoring,
Uttering cheer,
rendering population spirit's soaring;
Proclaiming dire destitution at an end;
Shouting measures for the idle
to work begin.
Victory in Europe Day Celebration
London, England
May 8, 1945
on Wikipedia
Cry for freedom throughout the world,
Vision for a peacekeeping
structure unfurled.
Nazi terror will be repelled;
The degradation of humanity
utterly quelled.
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
from Pixabay