Leaves of Turf by Amorak Huey

This week, it’s Wallace Stevens offering solace:
XI.
If you are not prepared
to have your heart broken
you should never fall in love in the first place.

Double, double toil and trouble; The offense rules, the secondary struggles.
In Malzahn’s cauldron boil and bake / Legs of McCalebb, spin of Blake,
Bulk of Ziemba, hands of Darvin,
Syllables of Lutzenkirchen.

This week, he turns to Lewis Carroll for inspiration for obvious reasons.
Playing a game against LSU can certainly feel like going through a looking glass.

“There has to be an easier way to win.
Yes, in the end, the W’s all that matters.
But just once, say, this particular Saturday, with
so much on the line, can Auburn start fast – then finish faster?”
… surely The Bard was an Auburn fan.

This week, Amorak Huey turns to “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge for inspiration.
It was Coleridge who coined the term “suspension of disbelief,” a handy phrase when discussing Kentucky football, n’est-ce pas?