Waxing Poetic on the Wings

[Zeke 5]

My son in Grade 11 was recently asked to write a Shakespearean style poem about something that is very relevant in his life today. He chose the Red Wings of course,so I would like to share it with the reader faithfull. (its good to know that I raised him properly) Enjoy...

I am marshalled by thy winged wheel.

The united force which dominates

All who oppose them.

They are but a herd of animals who defeats

Their prey throughout the game.

A powerful bird to dangle and deny,

A mule to carry the workload

And a bull to stand up for those smaller creatures who fly.

When the wings play they control their game with honed precision.

Skating round and round

Skating high and low.

Their beauty removes me from my

Laborious affairs

And makes my cup runneth over

with the utmost joy and glory

Yet at times I quiver with

Sorrow and dissatisfaction, when my heard of beasts fails me.

Their quest will continue

For the holiest of all grails,

And I shall watch from the sideline with ardent passion

But with apathy for mine affairs.

[DaKineMaui 8]

when did kids get so smart?

[Guest LivingtheDream]

Hail Zeke! Thy son doth indeed expresseth well his love for thy champions.... Oh man, I just can't do this now!

[timsummers 0]

wow very good. i know i wasnt that smart when i was in eleventh grade, heh

living the dream, is your sig about stevie?

Edited May 1, 2007 by timsummers

[wingschamps 0]

I'm in 11th grade...I'm not that smart...

[Williams29fan 6]

Wow thats awsome! I def. cant write like that, thankfully we dont have to study Shakespear this year... (11th grade) : D

[Lou_Siffer 1]

Zeke (8:09pm) - major, gross misconduct (Shakespearing) :nonono:

[CAredwingsfan91 28]

...wow, haha holy crap that is amazing!

[datsyukonethree 0]

Hahahahaha. Your son rocks. Clearly you have raised him well.

[FireCaptain 563]

wow very good. i know i wasnt that smart when i was in eleventh grade, heh

living the dream, is your sig about stevie?

That quote is about Hasek. He gave up the rest of his salary after it was obvious he was too injured to return to our goalie carousel that season.

[Zeke 5]

I'm in 11th grade...I'm not that smart...

Hey,I'm not that smart either! Now I wonder if he's really my son?

He must be,to love the Wings like that.

[Grypho 195]

Zeke, that was great!

OK, my quick variation of Hamlet's speech to the players: (Chelios or Thornton speaking, you pick which)

Shoot the puck, I pray you, as I passed it to you, trippingly off the stick. But if you fan on it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the zamboni played my game. Nor do not slash, hook or spear the opposition too much with your stick, thus, by use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give the five on five smoothness.

O, it offends me to the soul to see a robustious periwig-pated penalty-taker tear another skater to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the homers, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Bertuzzi. It out-Forsbergs Forsberg. Pray you avoid it.

Pass on my kudos to your son, Zeke. That was great.

[redwingsfan19 0]

That was awesome, great job!

[Red4wings4life 0]

wow very good. i know i wasnt that smart when i was in eleventh grade, heh

living the dream, is your sig about stevie?

No that is what Hasek said.

His Sig is about Hasek.

[seeinred 1,488]

Zeke, that was great!

OK, my quick variation of Hamlet's speech to the players: (Chelios or Thornton speaking, you pick which)

Shoot the puck, I pray you, as I passed it to you, trippingly off the stick. But if you fan on it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the zamboni played my game. Nor do not slash, hook or spear the opposition too much with your stick, thus, by use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give the five on five smoothness.

O, it offends me to the soul to see a robustious periwig-pated penalty-taker tear another skater to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the homers, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Bertuzzi. It out-Forsbergs Forsberg. Pray you avoid it.

Pass on my kudos to your son, Zeke. That was great.

Haha very nice.

And kudos to your kid Zeke, the first few lines I especially liked.

[EuroTwinLove40 0]

Zeke, that was great!

OK, my quick variation of Hamlet's speech to the players: (Chelios or Thornton speaking, you pick which)

Shoot the puck, I pray you, as I passed it to you, trippingly off the stick. But if you fan on it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the zamboni played my game. Nor do not slash, hook or spear the opposition too much with your stick, thus, by use all gently, for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give the five on five smoothness.

O, it offends me to the soul to see a robustious periwig-pated penalty-taker tear another skater to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the homers, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Bertuzzi. It out-Forsbergs Forsberg. Pray you avoid it.

Pass on my kudos to your son, Zeke. That was great.

i <3 Hamlet!

though i do like your version better

[58Miles2Joe 12]

Considering these late night games, I thought this appropriate:

"I'll strive, with troubled thoughts, to take a nap,

Lest leaden slumber peise me down [tonight],

When I should mount with Wings of victory:"

- Richard III

on a completely different note "Their beauty removes me from my Laborious affairs" and "But with apathy for mine affairs"...sounds like, in general, he's bored and probably would thrive given some new challenges.

[Zeke 5]

Considering these late night games, I thought this appropriate:

"I'll strive, with troubled thoughts, to take a nap,

Lest leaden slumber peise me down [tonight],

When I should mount with Wings of victory:"

- Richard III

on a completely different note "Their beauty removes me from my Laborious affairs" and "But with apathy for mine affairs"...sounds like, in general, he's bored and probably would thrive given some new challenges.

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Well done! Are you an English lit major?

On your analysis,school work can be boring and laborious,but it has to be done.However,when the Wings are on the tube,they sometimes take a lower priority.

[asmith18 3]

Wow Zeke, your son did an amazing poem. If the teacher gave him anything but an A, something is wrong. You raised him right. When I was in 11th grade, yeah I was a terrible writer.

GO WINGS!!!

[Power Pete 0]

Wow, that was really good! I think I'll try

There were but nigh 33 seconds left

The throngs were a shouting their praise

But like the wax wings of Icarus,

My hopes flew too high

Only to be destroyed and plummet back to earth.

Not very Shakespeare, but you get the point. I was devastated.

[Grypho 195]

Proud Wings fan to a deflated Wings fan after game 3:

Wherefore now mourn? What conquest brings they home?

What Cup has caused their mouths to foam,

Or graced their shelves as the winged-wheel?

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!

O you hard fans, you cruel fans at home,

Knew you not Yzerman? Many a time and oft

Have you sacrificed food for tickets, and snuck

To the glass and club seats, yea, from nose-bleeds,

Your infants in your arms, and there through warmups

Anthems even, sat with patient expectation,

To see Yzerman but pass the puck to Lemieux :

And when in net you saw Mario's wrister disappear,

Have you not made an universal shout,

That Detroit River trembled 'neath her banks,

To hear the replication of your sounds

Made in her concave shores?

And do you now refuse to wear red?

And do you now cull out a funeral?

And do you now strew flowers upon a grave

That you now fill with Hockey Town's blood? Be gone!

Run to your houses, fall upon your knees,

Pray the hockey gods intermit the plague

That needs must light on this ingratitude.

Edited May 4, 2007 by Grypho

[HkyTwn 5]

That was really wonderful! I'm a Creative Writing major and it's great to see people writing about things other than cliche things that we are warned against [i.e. love, sadness]. Usually kids that are forced to write, write about those things. I loved seeing that about the Wings! I was actually thinking about doing something along those lines for an experimental writing class I'm taking.

Kudos to him!! And to everyone that added on

[Comrade Zorro 0]

Wow, awesome poem. I'm in 11th grade and I don't think I could right something half as good as that. I suck at poetry

However, I did just write an essay on the Wings and hockey, which got an A