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James S. Brady: Aug. 29th, 1940 – Aug. 4th, 2014
A Haiku-Style Poem On
Jim Brady's Passing Away
Jim Brady is gone!
I thought he'd live forever...
He's the Man of Steel!
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Small All White in the Forest)
"I am no barrier to its sun; the light and I are as one!"
My Poetic Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: "Jim Brady is gone! I thought he'd live forever... He's the Man of Steel!"
And this poem was only published on my "Small All White in the Forest" blog.
This poem was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
"James S. Brady American Hero: 1940 – 2014" from Brady: United Against Gun Violence:
"Jim Brady was an American hero who dedicated his life to creating a safer nation for us all. Because of Jim’s hard work and the policy that bears his name—the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act—an estimated 2 million gun sales to criminals, domestic abusers and other dangerous people have been blocked. As a result, countless lives have been saved.
He inspired millions with his strength, courage, perseverance, and legendary sense of humor. To celebrate Jim’s life and legacy we are collecting stories and comments to share with his family, friends, and loved ones..."
https://www.bradyunited.org
This "Small All White in the Forest" Post No. 180 was edited on June 7th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
My poems that are Haiku in their style—within which one stanza is composed of three lines, where each line has words containing five syllables, seven syllables and five syllables, respectively—are a lot more like Senryū poems in that the topic of these poems is typically about people, rather than the topic of these poems being about nature, as is usually the case in classic Haiku poems. And that is why I call these types of poems "Haiku-style." –Paul Whiting [September 19th, 2023]
