Letter to the Editor: A poem: Why not only love now?

Dear Editor,

For the better part of my precious, brilliant God-given lifetime here on earth, I have dreamed of truly becoming a poet, so now I will simply try to write one for all of you. The name is “Why not only love now?”

Love me and I will love you!

Hate me and I will as yet

unconditionally

still forgive you!

And though I know

this does not rhyme,

please, please

give it its all due

iconic time

for tribute’s sake.

I mention tribute because this is about our service people. I originally wrote this poem 40 years ago for Vietnam. I wrote it for our service people, but I wrote it for children a...