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Mother of Jackie Robinson

I can hear what Jackie Robinson's mother
is saying right now. "Batter up, even when 
I am making biscuits so that I can be baking 
them."

She is 100 today.

Categories: jackie robinson, allegory, analogy,
Form: I do not know?

Jackie Robinson

Well howdy doody my name is Jack
Isn't much history this old dude lacks
Even Jackie Robinson
Dad and I saw game one
First black player ever to get untracked

Categories: jackie robinson, devotion,
Form: Limerick

Jersey Number 42 Retire Please

Number 42 Retire
Brooklyn Dodgers Number 42
Hang up your jersey, honey
No one can follow you after Jackie Robinson

Major League Baseball was uplifted into the outer sphere
When Jackie Robinson was brave enough
And brazen enough to try….

Major League Baseball had been closed to people of color
Jackie’s prowess, professionalism and success changed
The way people in the USA thought about

Categories: jackie robinson, baseball, inspiration, inspirational, racism,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Jackie Robinson

The incomparable Jackie Robinson 
       who wore "42" rose to prominence and...

broke the Major League Baseball color barrier
    In 1947, and had a 10-year All-Star career



Date written: 02/09/2021

Categories: jackie robinson, celebrity, people, tribute,
Form: Clerihew

Jackie Robinson

Growing up in Montreal, there were many great stars
Loud cheers for the Royals were heard from the local bars
The greatest of them all
Jackie Robinson stood tall
Jackie's memory remains always in our hearts

Categories: jackie robinson, hero,
Form: Limerick

Jackie Robinson

This guy's been a baseball fanatic since I was ten
Jackie Robinson was my hero, first man of colour back then
History in the making
He was shaking' and baking'
Most teams weren't accepting but my Montreal Royals were... amen!

Categories: jackie robinson, baseball,
Form: Limerick

Jackie Robinson Day

April 15th was Jackie Robinson Day
My boyhood hero who led the way
Allowing those since
To follow his prints
This spirited man, a pioneer he did play

Categories: jackie robinson, hero,
Form: Limerick

Jackie Robinson

Supposedly we are all created equal
But some are more equal than other
How can that be and my question is why
Aren't we all supposed to be brothers

It's totally baffled me all my life
Became aware of it in nineteen forty-six
All the attention was on Jackie Robinson
The baseball world was transfixed

The colour barrier was down forever
As out from

Categories: jackie robinson, tribute,
Form: Quatrain

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson
Broke the color barrier
Number 42 first ever retired
Lead the way for so many black athletes
Honor this great man today

Categories: jackie robinson, black african american, people
Form: Free verse