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Best Goalkeeper Poems

Below are the all-time best Goalkeeper poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of goalkeeper poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Goalkeeper
The goalkeeper is a lonely man
who keeps the goal as best he can.
He dedicates both life and soul
to stopping shots upon his goal.
There was one...

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© David Deas  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: goalkeeper, football,
Form: Abecedarian



Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
When there is a football match on the TV I switch it
On the last ten minutes of the match my boredom threshold 
Is low and...

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Categories: goalkeeper, arabic, february, first love,
Form: Sonnet
Goalkeeper
goalkeeper

The goalkeeper stands tall between goal posts that
some times seem far away, but he is the hero
the man they have to get past to score.
I...

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Categories: goalkeeper, blessing, cinderella, dream,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Hello and Goodbye Coco
HELLO AND GOODBYE COCO	

I wanted a brown Labrador, blonde and black ,
I love them all
But I had made up my mind, anxiously I sat waiting...

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Categories: goalkeeper, death, dog, love,
Form: Rhyme
Soccer
The soccer ball thy shall kick to that place
where there is a net hung on the crossbar.
Thy shall play hard with my power and pace.
I...

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Categories: goalkeeper, soccer, sports,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Coach, Coached
Working in physical education
Blond teacher had a realisation 
Spotting a young boy alone
Standing all on his own
Her curiosity, frustration 

Young man, why are you all...

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Categories: goalkeeper, humorous, soccer, sports,
Form: Limerick
The Beautiful Game
in the middle of the universe, I stand
fearless goalkeeper, and soccer is the 
heavens, the brew in which we play,

this open turf, these twenty two...

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Categories: goalkeeper, men, metaphor, sports, symbolism,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Football Fever
Football fever
World Cup Brazil;
Too many overnights breached


Imagine a world
Glued to football mania;
Morning red eyes syndrome


Now you've seen it all
Germany's got the gold;
Back to normal routines


Even...

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Categories: goalkeeper, football,
Form: Haiku
Like a Football In Woman's Game
Just like football 
I am going to be chased in life's game
by a bunch of ladies
as if playing a football match.

I am going to be...

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© Kash Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: goalkeeper, funny, imaginationme, football, love,
Form: Pantoum
Neuer the Achilles
NEUER THE ACHILLES


Horse power?
Let the horses keep their power
Neuer power is now the toast of all


The day all cats chose their king
It was Tiger that...

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Categories: goalkeeper, celebrity, football,
Form: Epic
Goalkeeping Mentality
I played as a Goalkeeper
trained to make the save
push the ball away 
instinctively go again,
knocked down get up,
get hit get in the way,
down up down...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: goalkeeper, psychological, strength,
Form: Free verse
I'M Free
I'm misunderstood 
In my own family 
I'm iron, they think I'm wood
If they knew - what I only could

Or what I carry 
Actually more 
then...

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Categories: goalkeeper, courage, family, freedom, future,
Form: Quatrain
For Pinkpoetress
Lizsar is a very good girl,
She loves God,nature and 
especially the Oceans.
I do believe she is a very holy 
person,
Don't be surprise if she used...

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Categories: goalkeeper, absence
Form: ABC
Kicked Around
Kicked Around 

The football game was over the players had gone
to the changing rooms, the winning side talked eagerly
repeating themselves endlessly while the losing side...

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Categories: goalkeeper, abuse,
Form: Blank verse
Ryan Kay
Ryan has Cerebral Palsy and is a City goalkeeper, 
When he was six years old played for Park Farm, 
He recently played in the England...

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Categories: goalkeeper, football, strength, summer,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs