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Linus Pauling –
Found his Nobel calling
First – as a Chemist –
Then – as a Peace activist
02.15.95 – 07.12.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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Notes to this poem…
The junior Johann Strauss –
Knew how to put joy into a house –
His waltzes made people go round & round –
Long after he’s been in the ground
06.24.95 – 07.03.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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Notes to this poem…
Sergei Rachmaninov –
Wrote music for those in love –
His melodies soared without bound –
It was love – in the form of sound
06.24.95 – 07.03.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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Notes to this poem…
Ludwig van Beethoven –
Had a temper hotter than an oven –
His music fuelled the fire of life
And torched its angers and strifes
06.24.95 – 07.03.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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Notes to this poem…
Charles Darwin –
Was not the Church’s darling –
His theories of evolution
Stirred a scientific revolution
06.06.95
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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Notes to this poem…
Albert Einstein –
Possessed a fine mind –
Look at how well fared
His equation, E = mc² ?
07.24.94
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Copyright by Minh Tan on listed dated of completion
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