For the love of the game,
We rise before dawn,
Rain, hail, wind and shine,
For the sake of the game we greet the morn.
We walk a road that's tough,
And littered with bodies, blood, sweat and tears,
Many obstacles besides,
We force ourselves through our fears.
Fortunes made and lost in minutes,
That sometimes seem like endless hours,
All rest in the heart of a beast,
That carries his dreams as well as ours.
Breaking records on dirt and turf,
And through that barrier of pain,
The fine line between champions and losers,
Between ultimate loss and gain.
Day after day, year in, year out,
We rise with the dawn for glory and fame,
For the love of a horse and the pride of a nation,
All for the love of the game.
Author notes
This poem is sort of vaguely inspired by Sir Henry Newbolt's "Vitae Lamapada"
My favourite animals are horses...closely followed by cats...
A contest entry
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430 points, ended June 18, 2008, 20 entries
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Comments
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Wow this is great
very well written
Wow in this contest ive noticed
everyone lovers horses and cats
thats amazing i alway thought people liked dogs :]
thanks for entering my contest
i wish you the best of luck
for you
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Shelly
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