Football Fairy©Ramona Szczerba. Pic links to Ramona's website.
Ramona Szcerba'a Steampunk Extravaganza!
Pigskin Fairy!
I'm a poet who likes football
Who writes of fairy things
I also like museums
And how the choir sings
No doubt, I like the pigskin
This rough and tumble sport
The running and the smashing
How big and brawn cavort
Yes, I’m into nature
And search for inner-calm
I relate to dance and symphony
And love the QB’s bomb
So…I dig the gridiron
Eleven on each side
High school, pro, or college
Get mean! Get pumped! Collide!
Okay, call me an animal
Condemn the "waste of time"
But you gotta give it up
For football-fairy rhyme!
Gladiators thrill me
Opera can do so too
At least I’m being honest
Man-balance, through-and-through
So, take me to the stadium
Where the town-folk roam
We’ll barbeque and tailgate
And I’ll feel right at home
Tap the keg and pass the chips
Send your team to a bowl
Dream big for town and country
Run routes, touchdown, and GOOAAALLLL!
A football fairy fantasy
Put some Irish in my flask
We poets, happy football fans
Are wired to the task!
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Theo J. van Joolen©2013
Who writes of fairy things
I also like museums
And how the choir sings
No doubt, I like the pigskin
This rough and tumble sport
The running and the smashing
How big and brawn cavort
Yes, I’m into nature
And search for inner-calm
I relate to dance and symphony
And love the QB’s bomb
So…I dig the gridiron
Eleven on each side
High school, pro, or college
Get mean! Get pumped! Collide!
Okay, call me an animal
Condemn the "waste of time"
But you gotta give it up
For football-fairy rhyme!
Gladiators thrill me
Opera can do so too
At least I’m being honest
Man-balance, through-and-through
So, take me to the stadium
Where the town-folk roam
We’ll barbeque and tailgate
And I’ll feel right at home
Tap the keg and pass the chips
Send your team to a bowl
Dream big for town and country
Run routes, touchdown, and GOOAAALLLL!
A football fairy fantasy
Put some Irish in my flask
We poets, happy football fans
Are wired to the task!
***
Theo J. van Joolen©2013
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (12) turns around with the ball after the snap to hand the ball to an open receiver during action against the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII action in Miami, Fla., Jan. 21, 1979.
Jake Roth – USA TODAY Sports
Go Aztecs!
John Muir High School. Poet graduated in 1981.
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