Short Theodore Roosevelt Poems

Do you know why they're called “Teddy Bears”
After Theodore Roosevelt, because Teddy cared
A captured bear, he refused to kill
A kindness remembered still
Quite “unsportsmanlike” he was heard to declare...

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Dinner at the White House

Theodore Roosevelt a robust, Republican president
had to Booker T. Washington a dinner invite sent.
Roosevelt was progressive for his day
and the segregated south had much to say.
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Political Snakes
Written: by Miracle Man
2-6-2020

A snake never feels threatened,
because it has the innate ability to camouflage itself,
It blends in with it’s surroundings for self preservation.
But no matter how often it sheds its skin,
A snake remains a snake.

When they call the roll in the senate,
the senators do not know whether to answer “present” or “not guilty.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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In days of old so I’m told Theodore Roosevelt did explain he had no use for the hyphen in any American name. 
And now one can see how the hyphen such a tiny grammatical mark has pushed us apart. 
We are all Americans who may hail from distant shores but now this is our home worth protecting and fighting for.
Do not let the hyphen define you ,where you once were is now behind you.
Let us join together one and all for we are Americans...

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In Spirit Haiku

all Americans
story tellers dream catchers~
drum circle homage

Other

First in war—First in peace                  -George Washington        
A divine inspired Declaration               -Thomas Jefferson
National Parks—Bold Conservation       -Theodore Roosevelt
Emancipation—fight doesn't sease       -Abraham Lincoln


For Presidents Day
Written 2/21/22...

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So easy to call him Titch.
He's just a tiny teddy-bear.
Yet I, a grown-up man,
feel a strange affection.

Affection, yes, for something fluffy,
and all you can do is look at it,
talk to it – or should I say “him”? –
and leave it on a shelf, table, desk.

Ah, yes, so much history:
Theodore Roosevelt.
He hated the name Teddy,
but folk would call him that.

So thank you, Theodore.
I will not call you Teddy.
You hated it, I know,
so this teddy we call Titch.


(29 Jul 2023)...

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