Monday, October 29, 2012

Weekly Poem - Ponce de Leon

Ponce de Leon

In fourteen hundred ninety-three,

Ponce de Leon sailed the sea.
(with Columbus)

He became the governor on Hispanola,

 But there was no cola.

He went to Puerto Rico for the same job

And lost it and did sob.

Next he headed off to find the Fountain of Youth

And that's the truth.

He spent a lot of time in Florida, it would seem.

Because he discovered the Gulf Stream.

He tried to start a colony near Sanibel

Oh well.

The natives fought him under the sun

And he died in 1521.

http://www.kathimitchell.com/explpo1.htm#Ponce

1 comment:

  1. Why does it talk about cola?
    Is it like coke?
    Claire
    P.S. Is anyone there?

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