Short Yankee Poems

freezing
radiation
incoming
zebras
zippy
Yankee...

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a Yankee has died
a true legend of baseball
eight behind the plate...

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Brave young men, missions of laughter

          Returnees ~ wounded ever after...

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Yankee Doodle went to Maine
Riding on a snail.
By the time he reached Bangor,
He was old and frail!...

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Grave galleon
Sullen seas
Spoiled rum

Skeleton crew
Scarecrow nest
Sails trimmed
Yankee Clipper
1
7/5/2021...

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A rich couple went to see two pedigree French poodles

   Sorry, no poodles for sale -- they're busy playing canoodle...

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Winslow Homer of seascape fame
paint ed scenes just of Mainet
The epitome self-reliant Yankee
in his day a household name you see...

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A Yankee lover for Leicester
unsure pronounced it Likester
sorry the agent did smirk
none for likester you jerk
but plenty if she's in Lester....

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The Yankee rancher still blusters
in a drawl he barely musters
launching holy wars
while behind locked doors
he would give more head than Custer....

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There once was  a Yankee  called Trump
Whom so many  thought a real  chump
Now that he's President
And the White House resident
Down to earth they've come with a bump...

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He fancies himself a Yankee Doodle
He does, my nattily coiffed French Poodle
   Struts with nose in the air
   Flaunting his layered hair 
Just got him a playmate ~ a grizzly bear...

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all of the
young ladies cried
nor
they 
are surprise
of all the
handsome
young guys
wearing
their
baseball uniforms
at
Yankee Stadium
with
their
baby blue
Mickey Mantle eyes...

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Team players

Lanky,
Swanky, 
Quirky, 
Yankee, 
One fabulous team, lanky, swanky, past, 
Winners of fame, lanky, Yankee…fast!

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 17, 2010
Poetic form: Tyburn...

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I'm the luckiest man on earth, Lou Gehrig had said
Two months later, the greatest Yankee was dead
   Gehrig suffered from ALS, a fatal disease
   He peered beyond the pain, his words a fresh breeze...

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There are too many people whose favorite trick,
Is to preach, "Walk softly and carry a big stick." 
But, in practice, they arrogantly sing Yankee Doodle
And stomp around loudly, but carry a wet noodle...

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I wish I was a scent creator
for Yankee Candle
I can just taste them now:
fresh cut grass,
gasoline fumes,
dragged dirt,
after rain smell,
where you breathe in
and the air tastes like dirt
or earthworms....

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Happy 4th of July, all my Yankee friends
All us guys celebrate with you, your day of independence
Two countries side by side
Stand tall beaming with pride
Together, a shining example of peaceful coexistence...

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Yankee Doodle
had a poodle,
and its name was Tony.
He fed this dog on fish and chips
and lots of macaroni.

Yankee Doodle
lacks a poodle.
Now he has a terrier.
Every day it learns new tricks.
The more it learns, the merrier....

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A
Bird
Cartwheeling
Diligently,
Ever
Frightfully 
Gaining
Height
In
Jumbled 
Knightly 
Loops,
Moaning
Never
Once,
Perhaps 
Queenly 
Reigned
Sky
Took
Unnecessary 
Vices
Wherever 
Xiang
Yankee
Zaps.

06/09/2020...

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Canadian by birth, North American by choice
Yankee, Canuck, Mexicano, I speak with one voice
We live strong and free
These great countries three
I raise my voice in harmony and happily rejoice


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Had tickets for the Yankee game
But it has been postponed.
Relentless rain was forecast
Where the stadium is zoned.

The make-up date they gave us
Is the third week in September,
So we will have another shot – 
If only we remember!...

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Now picture this little scene if you can
On our wedding night, a little humour I had planned
Came into the room looking svelte
Wearing only a Yankee cap and a belt
Needless to say it broke the ice and the night turned out grand...

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Yogi Bear was named after this famous New York Yankee
Twas Yogi Berra, hearing him speak you never be cranky
A real fun loving soul
With a heart of pure gold
His goofy wit had his teammates forever needing a hanky


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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them Yankee birds have squeaky words,
our Joh the crow goes AAAAArk,
 when they motor is in park,
theys in the feathers dark,
a cunning old black bird... 
way south in Aus...of cos...
case ya havent heard...

re:"Black Farewell"  Laura Breidenthal

Don Johnson...

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...Though in closing, it must be said
they did not remain there for long.
A damned Yankee wed to a Reb?
The locals all declared it wrong.

Like many others they went west,
and made Colorado there home,
the family lives there to his day,
‘Abner’ a family name well-known.

…and ‘April’ too....

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