#hockey poetry post

[avslanche]

col (1) vs dal (2) (2OT) | alexander georgiev sv% .947

the truth about grief - fortesa latifi

[marcandreyuri]

hanif abdurraqib, there’s always this year: on basketball and ascension

insp post // photos: x x x x x

[sincerelymarner]

Tell me about the girl

my mother was,

before she traded in

all her girl

to be my mother.

What did she smell like?

How many friends did she have,

before she had no room?

Before I took up so much

space in her prayers,

who did she pray for?

speak to me of my mother, who was she - jasmine mans

credits: the athletic / texas history / unh / cbc / sportsnet / on the bus with cammi & aj / espn / texas history

[wehaveagathering]

i hear the flyers have a tall new goalie or something

[tradetobest]

The Arena of Masculinity by Brian Pronger | 1 2 3

part 4: fight (1 2 3 4)

"nothing is more manly than making war, than killing one’s opponents. violent combative team sports are the next best thing"

[rouzys]

i was young — godlight, noah kahan

dave sandford / dave sandford / andy devlin / dave sandford / bill smith / andy devlin / bill wippert

[pemguims]

The darkest evening of the year.

[lovethytendytenderly]

Build God Then We'll Talk by Panic! at the Disco (3/?) x

[avslanche]

the garden of eden - ernest hemingway

[rimouskis]

"Copper," Mary Soon Lee, Elemental Haiku

While Brière was hospitalized, the Penguins started pre-season conditioning near Brantford. Then-trainer Ken Carson added Brière's name to the back of a jersey, which, along with Brière's equipment bag, traveled with the team for their entire 1970–71 season.

In Honor of Michel Brière, October 21, 1949 – April 13, 1971

part of the periodic table poetry series

[sincerelymarner]

it’s a love song

[dvar-trek]

florida panthers x "training montage"

x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x

disclaimer that i purposely chose players i like/find endearing from the last 4 cup-winning teams for that second-to-last image 😊 if you're curious, it's tarasenko, hedman, mackinnon, and marchessault

[goalsyoudontake]

little prayer by Danez Smith

little prayer

let ruin end here

let him find honey

where there was once a slaughter

let him enter the lion’s cage

& find a field of lilacs

let this be the healing

& if not let it be

_______________

All pics are from flapanthers sm or Getty images, except for the last one which is a screenshot from this gifset.

[whenyoulosesmallmind]

Nicklas Bäckström & the Washington Capitals (+ nickeovi) ― Immortality, Clare Harner | insp.

credits: x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x. x.

[pemguims]

prayer for werewolves

if you are unfamiliar with jared mccann and his story i recommend you check out this very excellent primer by @yamball :)

[lovethytendytenderly]

Hopeless Fountain Kingdom: The Prologue by Halsey // Romeo & Juliet: The Prologue (Shakespeare) // HFK x Hockey

Two households, both alike in dignity

(In fair Pennsylvania, where we lay our scene),

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take the ice;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their cities' strife.

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love

And the continuance of their cities' rage

Which, but their captain’s end, nought could remove,

Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;

The which, if you with patient ears attend,

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Links: Shakespeare x

Crosby: x x x x x x x

Giroux: x x x x x x x