so I wrote a persona poem in sonnet form based on Yuri on Ice.
It also got picked up at a small publication. It can be read here, where it's accompanied by a screenshot that helps clarify the poem's occasion:
http://www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrastic-review/the-pole-to-its-dancer-by-ethan-leonard
The Pole to Its Dancer
For Katsuki Yūri
Look, there is only one way this is going to go:
After sixteen flutes of champagne, you’ll approach
Viktor, say, “if I win this dance-off, please be my coach,”
and soon you’ll forget there was even a yes or no.
I'm not about memories. I'm slim steel. The room spins
when I attend any event. I've flipped men upside down
too many times to count to have a reason to count
even you. But ice skating was never a matter of reason,
was it, Yūri? Does your head hurt, is your gut telling you
this was a bad idea? Try to throw up with your head up,
and it only makes a mess of your good pant cuffs.
Yūri, let yourself go but hang on. Love, even true
love, can slip. Your program requires four quads.
If you’re as dizzy as you were then, I've done my job.