Short Robinson Poems

Jackie Robinson
and his number forty-two
never forgotten...

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mrs robinson
simon and garfunkel
and jesus loves you



posted on July 23, 2018...

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The smell of an old school bus still lingers to this day

Dedicated to Susie Robinson and her mother Betty Elmore...

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leaving port in a storm
                             the not so swift
                             family robinson...

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bending my mind around his words, makes me feel like a contortionist 


For Bobby May’s contest “Who Flips Your Trolley?”...

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Theoore Robinson ie so young
perhap s why he remains unsung
He found the eat coast too bright
but it gave hi style visual delight...

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Edwin Arlington Robinson of Maine
with verse was to find fame
His 'Children of the Nigh'
achieving a Pulitzer Prize to his delight...

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

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The Squirrel In Winter
by Merlynda Robinson

Winter’s russet lad.
The cheeky schoolboy, Seeking
Autumn’s lost homework.

Poem © Merlynda Robinson 2020...

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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....

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call me Robinson Crusoe
steer me toward my own island
in the Pacific,

let me be myself
one with nature
let me enjoy her balmy ideas

release me to summer...

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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...

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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...

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It's almost time for that grand old game
DiMaggio, Mantle, Robinson, some names
To bring back joy
When I was a boy
Adoration for these heroes is still aflame...

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English journalist, Daniel Defoe,
was most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.
The whole idea of novels it’s said that he conceived,
and he wasn’t afraid to write on anything he believed....

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Half-drowned from another cloudburst
His life seemed to be at its worst
He opened his eyes
And with great surprise
Robinson Crusoe said it first!

*TGIF=Thank God its Friday...

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   Fast as you can say ‘Jack Robinson’
      Up pops another rookie phenom

   But as April heroics fade
      to June swoons

   Came the dog days of August
      extinguished ~ the honeymoon
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F-orever
R-emains
E-ndless
D-enoting
D-urability
I-n
E-ternal

R-oad
O-nce
B-oundless
I-nfinity
N-icely
S-taves
O-ff
N-evermore

Topic: Poet (Freddie Robinson, Jr) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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the graduate

      submerges in pool

          Mr. Robinson

               debates career paths above:

sanctuary found in sounds of silence


For Chris's "Sanctuary" contest.  Based on the film "The Graduate."...

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Inner voice speaks
I dare not push her away
For I have been schooled
Warning Will Robinson!

Not a trick
Not a joke
Absolutely real
My internal voice

Saving me heartache
Keeping me alive
I dare not push her away...

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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...

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The Baltimore oriole sports an orange coat,
But I haven't seen one; to L.A., they're remote.
Their rich whistling song is a sweet herald of spring.
Ones like Frank Robinson have a great home run swing....

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Imam Hassan.
Bruce lee.
Eva braun.
Georgi markov.
Theodore romzha.
Valterovich litvinenko.
Mahendra Tripathi.
Yogendra sony.
Steve clayton.
Mary yoder.
Stacy robinson.
Note. It is to be said that harshad mehta was Poisoned in jail....

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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!...

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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...

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