Poetry War

Radio Box has introduced NSB poetry day! Lol, I'm pretty sure he was trolling in his last thread, but even so, judge not lest ye be judged. I gave him my two cents, so here's my poem in return. "The Ballad of Marvin Hagler" Marvin Hagler, Marvin Hagler, Brother-kin to Hiawatha! Stalking Hagler, storming Hagler, Snarling, snorting, swarming Hagler – Marvin Hagler, Marvin Hagler, Brother-kin to Hiawatha, Did he ever doubt the reasons That he started fighting for? When he wasn’t blazing trails, when he wasn’t making millions, When he wasn’t painting Vito’s face in scarlets and vermilions What drove him, what inspired him, what inner voice required him To destruct, and destroy, and to War? For that matter, why would anyone decide to don the leather Whether casual, or amateur, or pro? Why attempt to concuss with an earthquake of a knockout Or to beat someone’s face to a pulp? But it’s not simply that It’s both life and death cohabiting It’s the One, and the Other, both the same, Where a yin and a yang can collide and write an epic And communicate it silent as the grave. All the speed And the skill And the savageness and valour And the bobs And the weaves And the blood It is us, it is us – it is Shakespeare and Rachmaninov, It’s Achilles, and it’s Hector, and it’s us. This isn't (just) a vanity project, a large part of my masters' degree is currently going into researching boxing in modernist poetry. Cheers, Gingerbreadman