TOM HANKS, "THANKS"

TOM HANKS, “THANKS”

Roger A. Davis

Ron Howard’s ‘SPLASH’
Started Tom’s big acquirement of cash
Before that, a two-season sitcom
‘BOSOM BUDDIES’ Kip Wilson played by Tom

‘NOTHING IN COMMON’ with Jackie Gleason
Proved he could do a serious role within reason
Next in 1986 ‘THE MONEY PIT’
A comedy with a raccoon, I liked it

Now Tom has had flops
And many box office tops
A child turned into a man in ‘BIG’
Classic scene, the giant keyboard jig

One of my top favorites is ‘TURNER AND HOOCH’
With a scene-stealing Douge de Bordeaux pooch
I had a sign made ‘BEWARE OF DROOL’
For my dog, because the movie was so cool

Followed by 3 strikeouts to many a critic’s moan
Then another favorite, ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’
A homerun with ‘SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE’
Highlighted by Meg Ryan’s willpower battle

‘PHILADELPHIA’ – Oscar for an AIDS victim actor
Springsteen’s song was a major appreciation factor
‘FORREST GUMP’ and Lieutenant Dan
This made the world a Tom Hanks fan

Back to back Academy Awards, plus five
Didn’t you love that shrimp boat dive?
Pretty savvy with an IQ of 75
A great runner helping those men survive

‘APOLLO 13’ with an all-star cast
The drama starts with a service module blast
Odyssey is their method of escape
All ends well at the Cape

‘THAT THING YOU DO,’ he produced and directed
I recommend it to be DVD inspected
D-Day, men shootin’ and dyin’
Movie: ‘SAVING PRIVATE RYAN’

The remake, ‘YOU'VE GOT MAIL’
A corporate bully and an email tale
Favorite scene: Tom’s flower delivery
Meg in a robe with a cold and all shivery
Yet, the meeting in the park tops that
Because Mr. Fox turns out not to be a rat

“Dead man walking,” in ‘THE GREEN MILE’ is said
John Coffey heals and resurrects a mouse from the dead
In ‘CAST AWAY’ a FedEx plane goes down
All but Chuck Norland drown

Marooned with Wilson and a partial crapper
Which enables the island escape chapter
But the soccer ball is lost at sea
FedEx, what was your advertising fee?

This long poetic tribute rendition
Is ending with ‘ROAD TO PERDITION’
Tom, an anti-hero hit man
Betrayed by his mob clan

So many nominations, awards and accolades
Tom Hanks, for me, is the Ace of Spades
Of all the acting stars in the deck
On a ballot for Best Actor Ever, Tom gets my check