Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Annapolis Too, Do-be-do-be-do

      Glenn Campbell sang of Wichita
         Trini Lopez of Kansas City

      Otis Redding crooned of Sausalito, CA
         Sittin’ on the dock of a bay

      Chicago was Sinatra’s kind of town
         He belted out the refrain

      Guthrie’s ‘City of New Orleans’
         Turned out be an Illinois train

       So why don’t they sing of Annapolis!
         It rhymes with Minneapolis and Indianapolis

       And fifty-four astronauts graduated the Naval Academy 
         ~ Updating ‘Anchors Aweigh’ would gladden me

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Hilda Greenhough September 5, 2024 at 7:41 PM Annapolis is a wonderful American treasure. Thank you for remembering it in your poem. Gershon Wolf September 5, 2024 at 7:59 PM Annapolis sure does beat Minneapolis hands down these days, doesn't it?!

Robert L. Hinshaw September 5, 2024 at 10:18 AM Delightful verse, Gershon! By the way, you called a home run for me - the poem "Ladies Nite at Clyde's Bar" was selected as POTD! Thanks my dear friend! BoB H Gershon Wolf September 5, 2024 at 11:39 AM Hey, hey -- you really knocked it out of the park with this one, Bob! Ole! ~ Gershon

Regina Elliott September 5, 2024 at 8:44 AM Good point, Gershon. My late husband being a Navy veteran, loved the big Army-Navy football game each year. The Naval Academy is such a legacy. Wish I would of had the grades to attend. Oh well. Shalom and have a creative Thursday. :) Gershon Wolf September 5, 2024 at 7:58 PM Oh, well. Everything is for the best. Right?! Keep smiling, gw

Tom Cunningham September 5, 2024 at 12:20 AM I think you've just put it on the map Gershon. Now the whole world will know of it. Tom Gershon Wolf September 5, 2024 at 7:57 PM Really! I thought everyone knew that God didn't make those little green appolis in Annapolis (or Minneapolis, for that matter). Old Roger Miller song there. lol.