Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHEER LEADER, by WILLIAM A. PHELON


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THE CHEER LEADER, by                    
First Line: Arrayed in white, e'en on the coldest day
Last Line: A reigning sovereign, in imperial poise!
Subject(s): Collective Behavior; College Sports; Sports; Mobs; Crowds


ARRAYED in white, e'en on the coldest day,
He stands, majestic, haughty, all alone,
A glorious figure (that is, so he thinks),
Gripped in his hands a large red megaphone.

The game begins. He springs to sudden life—
He twists, he wiggles, leaps and hops and sways;
Weird noises, most uncouth, burst from his lips—
He roars, he bellows, whoops and shrieks and brays!

The multitude brays with him. Magnetized,
They join the swelling tumult, more and more,
And, finally, a vocal cataract is loosed
To praise a tackle or to greet a score!

And he, whose megaphone leads all the din,
The proud creator of horrendous noise,
Stands (so he thinks) like Jupiter on high,
A reigning sovereign, in imperial poise!





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