Hockey

Because it's the Cup. Go B's

there is nothing

poetic or beautiful

about 

hockey

except

(i) the way it makes martyrs of men

(ii) the sound of skates slicing open painted ice

(iii) the effect it has on my pulse

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Reviews

[ChemicalMadness]

LOVE.

I was talking last week about writing a hockey piece. Though I can't agree with your choice (Bruins), I can agree with your love of the sport.

This one made me smile.

CM

[Oceana]

Watching the (recorded) Bruins/Rangers game right now! Don't tell me what happens! But yep, everything about hockey is love to me. I don't know any words that could ever do my love for the sport justice. (Which, is frustrating, because as an admittedly very preppy girl who is rarely seen out of the house wearing anything but a dress with my hair and makeup done, I'm never quite taken seriously in the hockey world).

I digress. Not too long ago I saw a poem about hockey that was.... okay. It was more just listing off everything one would encounter at a game, and while I appreciated it, it got me thinking that if one is going to write a poem about this sport, the poem needed to highlight the emotion of the sport.

Thanks for your review! Happy playoffs :)