Poetry: The Geometry of Tom Harley
Posted by Andrew Gaylard on 21st April 2010
The Geometry of Tom Harley
by Andrew Gaylard
That these two lines will meet there is no doubt:
A burly forward leading from the square,
The footy’s arc descending through the air;
They will converge just thirty metres out.
Then from an angle, running back without
A hesitation and without a care
For safety, just in time arriving there,
He leaps and clears the Sherrin with a clout.
Tom Harley got to contests every week,
Knowing no other way except to run
Direct to his objective. Tough as teak,
A number two who played as number one.
This maxim to his legacy equate:
The shortest line between two points is straight.
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