Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MANAGER, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: When all goes wrong, and when your dear old club Last Line: To give the manager your loud applause? Subject(s): Baseball; Leadership; Sports | ||||||||
WHEN all goes wrong, and when your dear old club Is getting belted all around the map, It's then you hand the manager a rap, And classify him as an awful dub. The pitchers may be floppingthe defense May be as feeble as a Chinese child, But still the fans, with raving accents wild, Will swear the manager should fleeget hence! And then the club recoversplays great ball, Puts on an A-1, brilliant baseball show, Deals the proud leaders many a knockout blow And looks like one good betting choice for fall Then, people, don't you really think you've cause To give the manager your loud applause? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPORT STORY OF A WINNER by GLYN MAXWELL WOMAN SKATING by MARGARET ATWOOD FISHING IN WINTER by RALPH BURNS CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JACKIE ROBINSON by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE DEATH OF VINCE LOMBARDI by JAMES DICKEY THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER by NORMAN DUBIE A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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