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Array ( [sid] => 31070 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The Greatest Man [time] => 2004-01-08 11:56:31 [hometext] => [bodytext] => The Greatest Man

The greatest man
You never knew
Was born many years ago
One of eight, the oldest son
His Mother loved him so.

The greatest man
You never knew
Was a brave and courageous guy
He grew up with little, owned even less
But his dream he never let die.

The greatest man
You never knew
Finally met his bride
And before long they started a family
That became the center of his pride.

The greatest man
You never knew
Taught his children all about love
A close knit family is what they were
Thanks to God above.

The greatest man,
You never knew,
Was gone long before your time,
But his warm ways and gentle smile
On your face I seem to find.

The greatest man
You never knew
His memory still makes me sad
For you see my son
That man was my dad. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 179 [topic] => 23 [informant] => Jeff_Scott_Morehead [notes] => (Edited by Mod_1 as requested) [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => FamilyPoems )

The Greatest Man

Contributed by Jeff_Scott_Morehead on Thursday, 8th January 2004 @ 11:56:31 AM in AEST
Topic: FamilyPoems

The Greatest Man

The greatest man
You never knew
Was born many years ago
One of eight, the oldest son
His Mother loved him so.

The greatest man
You never knew
Was a brave and courageous guy
He grew up with little, owned even less
But his dream he never let die.

The greatest man
You never knew
Finally met his bride
And before long they started a family
That became the center of his pride.

The greatest man
You never knew
Taught his children all about love
A close knit family is what they were
Thanks to God above.

The greatest man,
You never knew,
Was gone long before your time,
But his warm ways and gentle smile
On your face I seem to find.

The greatest man
You never knew
His memory still makes me sad
For you see my son
That man was my dad.

Copyright © Jeff_Scott_Morehead ... [ 2004-01-08 11:56:31]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: The Greatest Man (User Rating: 1 )
by alecfernadez on Thursday, 8th January 2004 @ 12:18:14 PM AEST
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To have such a great family is something I could never imagine.
I Liked the way you ended, and wrote the poem, at first you'd expect it to be the son saying the story, when really the father of the son is telling the story and - i'm confused, i'm just really impressed in the way its lain out and stuff, an its a really good poem which made me thing, i officially confused myself
peace
Alec Fernandez
Ps. Great poem

Re: The Greatest Man (User Rating: 1 )
by dudleysgirl on Thursday, 8th January 2004 @ 12:43:14 PM AEST
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Jeff, this is beautiful! I couldn't have done it better myself. Just one thing: fix 2 spelling errors (L14 - "started" not "stated", and L19 - "knit" not "net"). These are the only distractions to a wonderful piece. Good work!
Judy

Re: The Greatest Man (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_Kalicharan on Thursday, 8th January 2004 @ 03:47:48 PM AEST
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Once again, Jeff..your words have touched me deeply.. Your sense of family pride equals what I feel in my heart....
Hugs from your ypdc #1 Fan
Jenni

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