Category: Poems
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Early This Morning – by Art Fettig
Many say Lincoln was a poet. He wrote “Four score and seventy years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the principle that all men were created equal.”
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A Poem That Wouldn’t Let Go
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
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Indispensable – by Art Fettig
When I retired from the Grand Trunk Western Railroad one of my fellow workers asked me who would be filling my vacancy. I told him I didn’t leave any. I figured I had done my job. Here’s a poem that’s a favorite of mine.
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Somebody Threw A Bottle – by Art Fettig
Art Fettig – Years ago, a friend of mine, a locomotive fireman-engineer was killed, in Chicago, when he was hit in the head by a bottle thrown as he was moving his train out enroute Battle Creek.
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What’s New To Be Found in Newfoundland a Poem by Art Fettig
Art Fettig and Terry Pochert – During one of our many trips, Connert Media followed Art Fettig, humorist and motivational speaker, to many wonderful spots on this globe. Newfoundland inspired Art Fettig to write this wonderful poem about the people and culture we found while visiting.