Category: Poems
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Longfellows by Art Fettig
Art Fettig – I’ve been called a lot of strange things in my career but not since high school has anyone referred to me as a poet. Not so lately.
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The Spirit
No, it isn’t July 4th yet but I think it might be a good time for all of us to get a good shot of patriotism right now! Today!. Here is a poem I wrote back in 1975 getting ready for America’s Bicentennial.
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It Saved My Life, Volunteering
The first thing I learned was “Don’t volunteer for anything.” Pretty good advice. They would trick us. The Sgt. would say, “I need ten men with office experience.” Then he’d send the ten somewhere to dig a latrine, Or to work in the mess hall cleaning the grease trap.
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Teacher, Teacher – by Art Fettig
I believe that right now, our American teachers are facing one of the most challenging times in American History. I’m praying for them.
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Art Fettig, “Pass it on!”
A dynamic speaker named Bill Sanders invited me to join him one day when he was visiting Jackson prison. That would be around 1980. We went into the maximum security section and visited with prisoners serving life sentences and then we would each gave a little speech and talked with prisoners privately.