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Jamie Vardy

joe morris

Monday, May 12th, 2025

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Yesterday the Foxes were
Foraging in the Forest
Rustling amid the
Stunningly manicured
Green grass
Of the City Ground
When the predatory
Jamie Vardy
Leicester’s liveliest
Stole the limelight
In these radiant sunbeams
Of magical May
And yet a striking resemblance
To the opening day of the season
In august August
A striker blessed with Nature’s
Finest gifts
Richly endowed
With a forward’s brain
Goals by the articulated lorry
Load,
Naturally inclined
Lethal instincts
In one on one
With only the keeper to beat
And yet it all started at Fleetwood
A Lancashire hot pot
Who had the lot
Vardy will never forget the elixir of
His life
It was always sweet as sugar
But when Leicester
Won the Premier League
We could hardly believe it
To be the truth
It did though happen
This seemingly optical illusion
But reality shone through
The blinds of our dining room windows
Flooding through our senses
Like the rushing River Trent
Certainly as yesterday in Nottingham
Vardy the late developer
But thank goodness for this hunter
This goal scoring nuisance
Nagging, pestering, persistent
What a year that was the year
That was
Leicester winning the Premier League
Top of the shop
Vardy a wild gale force wind
Blowing ruthlessly through
Opposition defences
Shots from all geometric angles
Defying Pythagoras
Ferocious as cannon fire
Headers like bullets from the
Most lethal pistol
Vardy, gorging and devouring goals
From selfish and unselfish points
Of the compass
But then he lifted the ultimate trophy
And the King Power Stadium
Elevated him to saintly status
One of Ranieri’s rampant raiders
Ransacking, nicking, sniffing,
Poaching in prolific penalty areas
For those who remember Filbert Street
Vardy answered the prayers
Of the fans who then witnessed
The improbable, a miracle of
Science and movement
Time stood still
But in the final stages
Of the season
The curtain fell on
Vardy’s diamond studded career
Leicester fans
Find a sadistic thrill
In holding their
Local rivals
Nottingham Forest
To points shared
A dropped point for
Nuno’s stylists
Greeks bearing no gifts
The owner’s face of thunder
Reminding Forest of their
Fallible weak spots
And yet this had been Jamie’s day
Capped briefly with England
But Jamie Vardy
Step forward into this
Canopy of all time greats
Greatness rewarded
A goal scorer for
All seasons
Leicester will always
Fondly remember

Notes

So Jamie Vardy walks into the sunset of his career, leaving Leicester but never forgotten at local derby rivals Nottingham Forest yesterday.

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/jamie-vardy-2/