Judge James Hillary Mulligan wrote a poem for his beloved state and read it first in Lexington “The moonlight falls the softest – In Kentucky;The summer’s days come oft’est - In Kentucky; ...

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Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...