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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAAVO NURMI, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: They say he lives on hard, black bread Last Line: The bounding, flying finn! Subject(s): Nurmi, Paavo (1897-1973); Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles | |||
THEY say he lives on hard, black bread, With a very little fish, And a herring with an onion seems, To him, a festal dish. He drinks a little water, then He hustles forth to win— He makes them look like signposts, The whizzing, flying Finn! His legs are steel and rubber, His feet just skim the track— They get a view, in transit, Of his bony, sinewy back— The gun cracks—and they're started— But the race is done and "in"— A fine, fat chance to conquer The bounding, flying Finn! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUNNER by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN by GEORGE ADE IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD THE LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN by DAVID WAGONER LOVE SONNET OF A TRACK FIEND by WILLIAM A. PHELON A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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