I wrote this poem because I really liked the poem "Mudville," but wanted to write something happy. So...that's where this one came from. I also wrote one for my high school's mascot, but I don't know what happened to it. But it's almost exactly the same. Except it's with a teal falcon.
Behind twenty points
Blood covering the grass
Sweat trickling down their foreheads
They had to make that pass
The band played their lungs out
The crowd waved their hands in the air
Our team was getting slaughered
Their heart just wasn't there
The coach called a time out
He wanted them to keep on playing
Told them to try harder
And listen to what he was saying
Out of the blue, a little girl cried out
"Look momma, look! Look at it fly!"
A red bird circled the field
And caught everyone's eye
Everyone went quiet--this was quite unusual
It started to glide, then landed on the field
It pecked at the grass, made a small noise
Like it had no idea it made the game yield
Somebody yelled out, "Is that a Thunderbird?"
But, that was impossible--that couldn't be true
Still, it gave the team a new hope
As they watched, away the bird flew
The team flooded back on to the field
Their heart was in it, and all could tell
They got closer and closer, until they were ahead
And they all did very well
They killed the other team, and won, it was great
Nobody saw that red bird ever again
Sometimes they wonder if they all imagined it
Could it have really helped them win?
©Liz Stephens 2004
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