1. DASHAUN BROOKS MEAN JOE AND THE CURTAIN BY: ROBERT HEEMSTRA

2. Mean Joe Greene number seventy-five kept the Pittsburgh Steelers alive was a solid wall on that frontline and sacking the quarterback was fine

3. the Steel Curtain was solid back then in the seventies they’d always win that was the decade of the Steelers take your rookie card to a dealer and maybe it is worth some green never forgetting mean Joe Greene

4. POEM TYPE This is a tribute poem to Joe Greene

5. MEANING OF THE POEM The poem is talking about how great of a player Joe Greene was when he was playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

6. DEEPER MEANING Joe Greene influenced me to play football.

7. THEME A person’s success can span decades.

8. LITERARY DEVICES The rhyme scheme is aabb.

9. WHY I SELECTED THIS POEM? I selected this poem because I like football. Joe Greene was the best defensive lineman that ever played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He even influenced me to play football for my high school team.