A tribute to Roman Kroiter, a man that came from a small town
named Yorkton, that invented the technology for the Imax..
Somebody said that it couldn't be done
But he with a chuckle
He thought it was worth the try
So he buckled right in
With the trace of a grin
On his face, if he worried he hide it
But he never waiver from his pace
As he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done
Somebody scoffed "you'll never do that”
As there is no way you can do it
But he took off his coat
And he took off his hat
The first thing we knew he had began at just that
There were no thoughts with the others
Ponderings galore
If he would succeed or fail
The man did not place thought
For he was busy tackling
What could not be done
Deep within his heart
He knew that could
With a lift of his chin
A slight glow of a grin
Without any doubting or thought
About what it was that couldn't be done
There are thousands to tell him it cannot be done
There were thousands to prophecies of failure
Many to point out things one by one
The dangers that wait to fail
For it had never been done
The man sat down after a week or two
Looking at other things
From which to do...
Great poem & just goes to show that things that can't be done, CAN be done when the right person with the right attitude comes along & tries it. My Gran always said * Never say die till a dead horse kicks ya* Meaning NEVER give up on anything- She sure didn't -
ReplyDeleteI have a connection to Yorkton but not this one. I am fascinated.
ReplyDeletewho wrote this? did you? It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteRoman Kroiter resides in Quebec now and as well in the US. He came from a small hamlet outside of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He was the inventor of the IMAX technologies. He started the entire project. He thought outside of the box..
ReplyDeleteHi Bev,
ReplyDeleteSo true...
I wrote it, I looked at my previous blog of some time ago and then just wrote with the idea...
ReplyDeleteThank you.
I remember the large-scale multi-screen work, Labyrinth that he exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal. In the same year he co-founded the Multiscreen Corporation, which later became the IMAX Corporation. A great man he is.
ReplyDeleteThis was the real beginning of Imax...
ReplyDeleteLise he is and who would have thought that a man would do what he did from such a small town.