Who wrote this poem circling email?

Question

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?


You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.


Do you run through each day
On the fly?

When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?


You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won't last.


Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time

To call and say,"Hi"


You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.

The music won't last.



When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your

Answer 1

The poem was written by David L. Weatherford and published in 1991 by the Russ Berrie Company. It was added to the chain letter in early 2001. Weatherford is uncertain how the poem came to be associated with the dying child hoax and does not endorse its inclusion. Heart-warming and inspirational, it lowers our defenses and make us less skeptical of the rest of the message. Other versions of this "dying kid" chain letter feature an ASCII-Text "Elmo" or other feel-good messages instead of the poem.

Dr. Shields' involvement with this letter is a case of False Attribution Syndrome. He has nothing to do with this hoax other than the fact that he forwarded the message and automatically attached his "signature" to it. In a 2001 statement on their web site, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine denied Dr. Shields' involvement with the hoax and asked you to delete it and help stop its spread.

The message implies that the American Cancer Society is tracking forwards of the message, but the ACS denies any involvement with this or any other e-mail scheme to provide help to a needy child. Besides, E-mail tracking as it is described in the letter is technologically impossible.

Most of us would love to help the fight against cancer, especially if it were as easy of forwarding an e-mail message. Bottom line, the fight for cancer takes money. The American Cancer Society doesn't make donations, they collect them - your donations and mine. Hoaxes like this one hurt organizations like ACS because they force them to divert valuable time, personnel, and resources to respond to the lies. Break this Chain!

Answer 2

Mom and Lori are both right; it was David L. Weatherford. Check it out at snopes.com; this is where I always go to check out the veracity of chain emails. It's a fantastic website.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/medical/slowdance.asp

You can also check out David's own website at...

http://www.davidlweatherford.com/

Answer 3

A doctor wrote it, David Weatherford. He is a child psychologist.

Answer 4

I think I might actually know where it came from, but I won't name any names. I got that like 2 months ago, never forwarded it, but still, the little bastard kept getting back to me somehow.... So frustrating!

Answer 5

Jason Mydex go to the website on the bottom and read all about it. I LOVE THIS POEM THOUGH.

Answer 6

Somebody called "Anonymous."

Answer 7

That's very sweet! I've never heard of it though....

Answer 8

hell i never go to email,use another mail server not affiliated with yahoo

Answer 9

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THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Answer 10

my cat that has thumbs