A new Poem I wrote

seven days a week.
Thinking of those people
pleading for their lives on
those tapes we saw out in iraq,
it's just a kind of burden
that's imposed on the human
spirit, never mind the tragedy
endured by these families.
And i do wonder if in some
ways we will be seen as a lost
generation that was really
dealing with both enormous
progress and also these
terrible tragedies.
>> Reporter: All right.
Ellen, richard, michael, thank
you all three very much.
The time unfortunately is
sliping a way like the year.
Thank you.
Happy new year to all three of
you.
>> Warner: Finally tonight,
kudos for a jazz master.
Arts correspondent jeffrey brown
has that story.
>> No complaints
and no regrets
( applause )
I still believe
in chasing dreams
and placing bets...
>> Reporter: At washington,
D.C.'S, kennedy center recently,
a concert to celebrate the life
of jazz great shirley horn.
Health problems have now forced
the 70-year-old singer and
pianist to use a wheelchair, but
not kept her from performing and
recording.
>> And if you can't
take it easy
take it easy as you can...
>> Reporter: Horn has long been
adored by musicians and lovers
of vocal jazz.
Now, reaching to the wider
public, the national endowment
for the arts has named her a
"jazz master," along with fellow
honorees including artie shaw
and kenny burrell.
On this night, a group of
musicians young and old came out
to pay tribute, and play songs
that horn has recorded in her
50-year career.
An old friend, saxophonist buck
hill, performed "a beautiful
friendship."
( Saxophone playing )
violinist regina carter, who's
equally adept in classical music
and jazz, played "too late now."
( Violin playing )
and jeremy pelt soloed on "you
won't forget me."
( Ing
taking the part that miles davis
played in shirley horn's 1991
album of that name.