Yard Sale

Bill Flatley 1972 (Minnesota)



Goalies when they struggle
Allow muffins through their pillows
They truly need some blockers
Not flamboyant flamingos

Filthy Clapper
Top-shelf or five-hole
Sieve sieve sieve
Gives up another goal

In a barnburner game
Many ginos and celly
Shoot the biscuit at the bucket
But hit him in the belly

Time to call the plumber
To take back control
This becomes a gongshow
If scored another goal

A hoser with good lettuce
Always wants to win
But when he gets Kronwalled
It's off to the sin-bin

Pull off the sweater
Throw a hard whale
A bench-clearing brawl
Becomes a yard sale

About this poem

This poem is about the greatest sport in the world.

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Written on April 11, 2022

Submitted by billf.21965 on April 11, 2022

Modified on March 24, 2023

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Scheme ABXB CDXD XAEX CDXD XFEF CGXG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 574
Words 106
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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