Are you ready for some football and Meijer and sausage and Facebook, poetry world?

Thanks for the Tweet tip, Academy of American Poets! We now know what it feels like when an encased poetry dream comes true!

Sigh. So, with the Super Bowl fast approaching, Meijer and Johnsonville (they of bratwurst fame) have teamed up for a little Pigskin Poetry Contest. Just go to Meijer's Facebook Page for the details.

Don't believe us? We have proof via The Sacramento Bee:

The contest invites participants to go to the Meijer Facebook page, www.facebook.com/meijer, and create a fun football-themed poem in 30 words or less through Feb. 4 for a chance to win the ultimate fan package.

"The Meijer digital team is very excited to give our online fans another great opportunity," said Kevin Brown, chief marketing officer for the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer. "As Meijer approaches one-half million Facebook 'likes,' this provides a fun and unique way for our customers to showcase their creative prose through digital and social channels. Plus, we know this is right up their alley with things they love: Facebook, football and grilling."

In addition to entering their own poems, the Meijer Facebook community will also have the opportunity to vote for their favorite football poems through Feb. 4. The top 10 vote-getters will receive the grand prize package, including a portable grill, gourmet grilling kit, grill mitt, apron, a variety of Johnsonville bratwurst and a flat screen TV.

"Johnsonville Sausage and football go hand-in-hand, which is why we're thrilled to partner with Meijer on this fun and unique contest," said Nicole Boelman, Johnsonville Sausage business manager. "We're looking forward to seeing the creativity Meijer shoppers are sure to show through the Pigskin Poetry contest."

There you have it. And we made it through a football-related post without praising the poetic majesty of Tim Tebow--not poetic like you might first think, but poetic like a James Tate poem, right? Maybe the unpredictable, lurching from high to low, surprising WTF of "Fuck the Astronauts"? Ah, we mentioned him, didn't we? Dag.