[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             PATRIOTIC POEM WRITTEN BY SARAH BETH SOENDKER

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 6, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to share with the Members of the 
House this excellent poem written by 11-year old Sarah Beth Soendker, 
of Polo, Missouri. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl 
Soendker, of Lexington, Missouri. She wrote the poem in remembrance of 
the victims of the attack on America. The fine poem is set forth as 
follows:

                          An American Promise

     We will stand tall if our soldiers die, if war starts again 
           or if our hearts cry.
     We will stand tall if our country should lose, if our men go 
           to war, that's our news.
     We will stand tall if our houses are burned, or if our 
           country is attacked, we will still not be ruined.
     We may be trapped in this world of sin, but at least we still 
           have our pride, our courage and we can win!
     An American Promise that we will make, we'll hold the flag 
           high and this flag we won't let them take!

  Sarah has also had two poems published in the 2000-01 editions of 
``Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans.''

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