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    What was John F. Kennedy's favorite poem?

    Question #120733. Asked by star_gazer. (Mar 16 11 11:18 PM)


    looney_tunes

    'Ulysses' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

    http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/JFK-Miscellaneous-Information/Favorite-Poem.aspx


    Although the official library also lists 'I Have a Rendezvous With Death' by Alan Seeger as one of his favorite poems, which he often asked his wife o recite.

    http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/JFK-Miscellaneous-Information/I-Have-a-Rendezvous-with-Death.aspx

    Both of these answers can be found at various sites.

    Mar 17 11, 1:15 AM
    Zbeckabee

    "On Cape Cod, in October 1953, when JFK returned from his honeymoon, he read his young wife what he said was his favorite poem. She learned it by heart for him, and he loved to hear her recite it. It was Alan Seeger's I Have a Rendezvous with Death:"

    http://www.orwelltoday.com/jfkrendezvous.shtml

    Mar 17 11, 2:56 AM


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