Poems: Dream Season and Auto Biography
The gridiron season has kicked off and in the matchup below I take on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Following that, an auto biography.
Dream Season
Coleridge: Vandel:
What if you slept What if you slept
And what if And what if
In your sleep In your sleep
You dreamed You dreamt
And what if And what if
In your dream In your dream
You went to heaven You went to a green field
And there plucked a strange And there picked up an old
and beautiful flower and weathered football
And what if And what if
When you awoke When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand You had that football in your hand
Ah, what then? Ah, what then? Run?
Photo: Samuel Taylor Coleridge and 1925 Nebraska lineman Robert Whitmore, my grandfather. Go Big Red!
Auto Biography
The vehicle you drive,
and others you drove,
from year to year,
from there to here,
tell your life story.
Mazda Rotary 1977-1981
Ford Elite 1981-1983
Saab 900 1983-1985
Audi 5000 1985-1989
VW Quantum 1989-1995
Isuzu Rodeo 1995-2007
Ford Escape Hybrid 2007-2021
Subaru Outback 2021-
That was a lot of fun to read, Tom, thanks for sharing. Love the matchup idea.