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The World News Tonight With Peter Jennings
Contributed by
tifrob
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Friday, 19th August 2005 @ 02:09:39 AM in AEST
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“If Peter don’t tell me ~ I don’t need to know.”
These words were spoke with humor bestowed,
I watched him report and share with the world,
His insights given as the news was unfurled,
Then one evening out of the blue,
He spoke of his illness to me and to you,
Lung cancer had invaded his life,
A leave he was taking ~ So he could fight,
Dan Rather was gone ~ Tom Brokaw too,
It seemed as if Peter was already doomed,
He lost his fight ~ The cancer did win,
The world now grieves with his family and friends,
The World News Tonight will not be the same,
With Peter Jennings no longer named.
As he reported his news on the air,
There sat a man who really did care,
He flew the oceans ~ He sailed the skies,
To inform his world ~ No truth denied,
Foreign lands where old cultures lie,
Where people aren‘t heard when they cry,
Peter did bring these stories to light,
Giving a voice and exposing their plights,
While watching him deliver the news,
The world became smaller because we now knew,
As he spoke to the camera each day,
His eyes said things his voice didn’t say,
Peter is gone from his family ~ Gone from his home,
Gone from this world that he loved to roam,
Maybe he’s reporting in Heaven’s own Sphere,
Telling our Father ~ How it is here.
“If Peter don’t tell me ~ I don’t need to know,”
~~~ I guess these words are no longer so. ~~~
Peter Jennings
July 29, 1938
August 8, 2005
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tifrob
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2005-08-19 02:09:39]
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Re: The World News Tonight With Peter Jennings
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by emystar on
Friday, 19th August 2005 @ 02:17:57 AM AEST
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A masterpeice and fine tribute to the world that misses his personal touch to our planet.
huggs,
emy
simple beautifull write even tho sad the beauty of the man shines thru. |
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Re: The World News Tonight With Peter Jennings
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by europeanprincess on
Sunday, 21st May 2006 @ 12:23:42 PM AEST
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OH YEAH! Peter was the man. I dont think the news would be the same without him---oh wait---the news is never the same. Ayway,
you did a great job. |
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