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A drawing of an inline skate with pink swirls around it and nonsense words reading 'Potereletxy dry podeat'

DALL-E’s interpretation of roller derby poetry

Roller derby poetry for #WorldPoetryDay

March 21, 2023

Today is #WorldPoetryDay, and our Maidens co-captain Puma Thurman wrote some AMAZING roller derby-themed poetry to mark the occasion.

The jammer

Skate fast and turn left

Reach the pack, juke past blockers

Speed away, points yours


The blocker

In the pack, bracing

For impact, jammer speeding

Catch them, they’re yours now


The pivot

Blocker with the stripe

Takes the star pass when needed

The jammer’s hero


And then there’s this clever acrostic:

Get your skates and safety gear on

Let us teach you how to go, and how to stop

At Glasgow Roller Recruits

Sometimes you’ll fall

Guess that’s why we practise it so much

One jam is 2 minutes, the jammer is the point scorer

Want to learn this all with us?

Racing around with your team mates

One big hit after another

Land on your arse, get up again

Land on your arse again

Explain to all your pals THERE IS NO BALL

Recycle the jammer, don’t let them pass the star

Don’t forget the officials!

Either on-skates or off

Really couldn’t do this without them

But I swear that wasn’t a penalty…

Yeah ok, I’ll go and sit in the box for 30 secs then

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