Friday, March 18, 2011

A Humble Poem

Steph has turned her poetic talents toward a summary of the ski season:

Kaitlynn and Erin asked for a season recap
So here is a bit of poetic slap
We met at Mac House in the early fall
At first, roller skiing on Maquoit was a haul
Mark joined the team on a whim
We were blessed by his rear, which is far from slim
Scrambling up Baldface in the rain
Together, we learned to usher in the pain
Morse Mountain was our first hard workout
Dinner on the beach was fun, without a doubt
Later, playing Taboo we learned who was smart
And in Reed House we saw the fires begin to start
The following week the season began
Nathan and Tim showed up to drive the van
Fall break in the Bigelows was the best
Sleeping in Tim’s Cabin, the boys had a bro-fest
Back on campus, we ran the Phlail
Felted rocks for prizes, what a fail!
Riley learned that practice required gloves
And, the Beatles impersonator taught him: “all you need is love”
The Lobster Roll at North Haven was hard for some
Frisbee initiation nearly killed the fun
Parents weekend came and went
Scott and Dan gave the team some supplement
Then, we headed to Canada for Thanksgiving break
Spencer and Wilson, much bread did they bake
The abroad contingent finally returned
The freshman’s love, Maren and Erin soon earned
The snow at Foret was a great start
In our video, I had the only speaking part
Our potluck holiday was a meal oversize
An enchilada dinner took the cooking prize
Finally, we arrived at the Christmas Holiday
What would begin were three weeks of play
But back on campus, Nordic beards were showing
Although, there were no girls, at our boys throwing
In January the carnival season did commence
Racing at Lake Placid was super intense
Chris treated us to a lecture about keeping the vans clean
Although, whose oatmeal bowl on the floor was then seen?
The course at Bond Brook made me want to die
In fact, when skiing the down hills I started to cry
Kaitlynn’s top fifteen outdid Wilson’s performance
As a result, a mullet briefly enhanced Tim’s appearance
On Saturday, Nathan taught us to ski with a beam
Thus, the Broomhall Cup went well for the team
Racing Vermont was hilly and hard
But dinner at Kaitlynn’s made it worth every yard
Carnie Crush weekend was certainly a success
Full of photographed skiers in varying states of undress
As if to provide the strength of our team an advertisement
James once again broke his equipment
For the New Hampshire races the boys stayed at my house
Timmy slept in the bed of his potential future spouse
The season wrapped up at Black Mountain in Rumford
Bowdoin was skiing so fast it was absurd
It was Grace's final race of the year
Next fall will not be the same without her, I fear
The season ended where is began
In Mac house we located our final plans
All told, this season has been absolutely insane
But Spring break is here, and I’m off to Spain

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