Famous Footy Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Footy poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous footy poems. These examples illustrate what a famous footy poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Fed Up

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 I ain't a timid man at all, I'm just as brave as most, 
I'll take my chance in open fight and die beside my post; 
But riding round the 'ole day long as target for a Krupp, 
A-drawing fire from Koppies -- well, I'm fair fed up. 
It's wonderful how few get hit, it's luck that pulls us through;...Read more of this...

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