The Legend Of Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a sly little fellow.
He would rob from the rich & give to the poor.
His band of ‘merry men’ were pretty mellow.
He became a thief to even the score.
The Sherriff was oppressing the peons.
Taxing them way beyond reason.
King Richard had been gone for eons.
He would be back in due season.
He would not stand for such oppression.
The Sherriff would get his neck stretched.
Meantime, Robin Hood took possession
of all the money the Sherriff had fetched.
Robin had one thing going for him.
It was his skill with a longbow.
He could shoot a bow like Cupid’s twin.
His long shots had never gone low.
The Sherriff wanted Robin’s head.
He couldn’t roust him from Sherwood Forrest.
So, he held a contest, instead.
The best archer would win, of course.
There was a big cash prize offered.
Robin couldn’t resist such a competition.
The money was taken from the tax coffers.
Robin wanted to win to make redemption.
Robin disguised himself as a common beggar.
He registered for the contest. He had a bow.
The contest started and there were wagers.
The final two would shoot a longbow.
It was the Sherriff’s best archer against
the strange beggar, who was very good.
The archer hit dead center & kissed his wench.
The beggar’s arrow split the archer’s wood.
Such a shot, no one had ever seen.
To split another’s arrow at such a distance,
could only mean the beggar wasn’t who he seemed.
He, grabbed the prize & avoided resistance.
All realized it was Robin Hood.
He threw the prize money to the poor.
The Sherriff was doing all he could.
Yet, Robin made it out the door
He got away and the Sherriff looked the fool.
Robin & his men were hero’s of the poor.
The Sherriff planned things that were really cruel.
Before long King Richard returned from the war.
He was informed of the total situation.
The Sherriff was arrested and hung.
Robin was pardoned with elation.
Maid Marion & Robin became as one.
So ends my prose of Robin Hood.
True or legends, he is still a hero.
One who goes around doing good.
Most people think of him as real.
—————————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2015)