The things we come across
May 11th, 2009 by Ashley
I wrote a poem and decided to title it Mr. Robinson knowing that people will inevitably think of Mrs. Robinson, the song, and the movie. I wanted a generic name that applies to anyone instead of making readers link it to someone specific, someone famous. And then I googled Mrs. Robinson and learned that the song was initially written about Mrs. Roosevelt and Joe DiMaggio. There’s a line in the song “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” which DiMaggio complained when first heard about it but then dropped it because he realized he was made famous again because of the song. I found it interesting. But I still doesn’t like DiMaggio.