Poetry Report: Richard Sherman

Poetry
Written By Scott Poole

“The first real human being I’ve seen on television in 20 years.”

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Richard Sherman: The first real human being I've seen on television in 20 years.

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Keeping Up With Richard Sherman


Richard Sherman
plays professional football.

Richard Sherman
says something loud on television.

The whole world suddenly
becomes critical of loudness.

So Richard Sherman
takes up knitting

and the whole world
becomes critical of knitting.

Confused, Richard Sherman
eats a delicious casserole.

The whole world then
becomes critical of delicious casserole.

Richard Sherman
can't believe
anyone would be critical
of delicious casserole.

While the whole
world is busy mocking loud
knitters who
eat delicious casserole,

Richard Sherman
helps the Seattle Seahawks
win the Super Bowl.

A lot of people
are overjoyed
and scream
and dance
and throw high
calorie snacks about
when this happens.

Suddenly, someone spilling
beer all over themselves asks,
"Wait, why do we hate
casserole again?"

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Scott Poole

Scott Poole is the House Poet for Live Wire! Radio, a weekly public radio show taped in Portland, OR and broadcast throughout the country. He is the author of three books of poetry, The Cheap Seats, Hiding from Salesmen and, most recently, The Sliding Glass Door (2011, Colonus Publishing). He was also the founding director of Wordstock, the annual Portland, OR book festival.

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