|

pumping praise

Maureen Yeo

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Poise, purpose and power:-
a parlance pursuant
to performances
previously the preserve
of putative peninsula proximity
and now, paradoxically,
the new paragon of parochial paralysis
(perpetrated without pitfall in the purview of a football pitch)
is piloted by a
precocious Portuguese polyglot
oft given to fits of pompous pique
even as his predominant players
reach their potent peak

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 so in a parallax of prodigious proportions
the pendulum has swung towards the proverbial Pensioners
down Stamford Bridge way

© Maureen Yeo, 18th October 2006

Notes

In other words :
Chelsea were mighty impressive last night!

The above is what you get from reading too much Hugh McIlvaney!

Admittedly, Barcelona were poor,
but that sort of performance (by Chelsea) from a Spanish or
Italian team, would have had us all purring!

Reference at the end – to an old nickname for Chelsea.

Chelsea 1 Barcelona 0
Champions League group stage match, Drogba the scorer.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/pumping-praise/