The Player: The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

The Sunday Whirl invites writers to write a poem or short prose using some or all of the “wordle’s” 12 word. This week it is:

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Player
 
It was a phase,
        Mother prayed.
He’s a player.
        Father praised
The level to which his
        Son had raised
The game. This present approach
        with his new-found
Coach was the key.
        His fans surmised.
Over and over, they pointed.
        They cried,
“Don’t you see? Can’t you see?
        The glint in his eye!”
His focused approach,
        like a single grain grown
into a powerful stalk,
        was the essence
of their talk. Was that
        the key?
Attach yourself
        to a coach
and scratch away
        everything else.
 
 
Randy Mazie

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