Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BREAKING TRAINING, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: The football player, as he casts aside Last Line: Count nothing nowjust see those battlers eat! Subject(s): Dieting; Food & Eating; Football | ||||||||
THE football player, as he casts aside His moleskins and his helmet, never thinks Of punts and touchdownsthat's all donehe speeds To get his share of cool, delicious drinks. And, most of all, the battered warriors fly To stuff themselves with creampuffs and with pie! You can't eat pie while you are training, and Pastry is banned completelysuch a life! Through all the nights of autumn, every star Dreams of tremendous deeds with fork and knife The season's overvictory and defeat Count nothing nowjust see those battlers eat! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE DEATH OF VINCE LOMBARDI by JAMES DICKEY AFTER THE LAST PRACTICE; GRINNELL, IOWA, NOVEMBER 1941 by EDWARD HIRSCH SAY GOODBYE TO BIG DADDY by RANDALL JARRELL AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO by JAMES WRIGHT THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN by GEORGE ADE THE LINE MEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET FIGHT! (HARVARD-DARTMOUTH FOOTBALL GAME, 1908) by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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