Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FOOTBALL PLAYER, by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY Poet's Biography First Line: If I could paint you, friend, as you stand there Last Line: Sinew and breath and body; it would live. Subject(s): Soccer | ||||||||
IF I could paint you, friend, as you stand there, Guard of the goal, defensive, open-eyed, Watching the tortured bladder slide and glide Under the twinkling feet; arms bare, head bare, The breeze a-tremble through crow-tufts of hair; Red-brown in face, and ruddier having spied A wily foeman breaking from the side, Aware of him, -- of all else unaware: If I could limn you, as you leap and fling Your weight against his passage, like a wall; Clutch him, and collar him, and rudely cling For one brief moment till he falls -- you fall: My sketch would have what Art can never give -- Sinew and breath and body; it would live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POSTCARDS ON MY WINDOW LEDGE by JOHN UPDIKE VILLAGE GREEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TRIVIA; THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON (COMPLETE) by JOHN GAY THE BEWTEIS OF THE FUTE-BALL by ANONYMOUS ECLOGUES: WINTER by ALEXANDER BARCLAY MATCH AT FOOT-BALL, SELS. by MATTHEW CONCANEN THEY'RE MARKED MEN. THEIR PARK IS LIKE AN OPEN PRISON by KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND BOY JUGGLING A SOCCER BALL by CHRISTOPHER MERRILL A CRICKET BOWLER by EDWARD CRACROFT LEFROY |
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