Football Poems - Examples of all types of football poetry to share and read. This list of American football poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. There is no doubt that football is America's favorite sport and past time. College and NFL football players are known for their rugged and physical play as well as their poetic athleticism. Football's biggest game, the Super Bowl, is one of the USA's most beloved events. Read
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Patrick Mahomes Chiefs QuarterbackPatrick Mahomes may be world’s nicest guy.
Kansas City shows him off with pride.
Chief’s quarter back hails from Texas, Ty.
Hall of Fame MVP, at twenty five.
He exudes a joyful mask every day.
Injury does not slow...
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Categories:
football,
Form: Free verse
Not Too Old to Play
Quarterback Tom Brady proved he was not too old to play.
He won the Super Bowl for his new team in Tampa Bay.
By a 31-9 score, Brady led the Buccaneers to victory.
The losing team was the...
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Categories:
football, games, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
SUPERBOWL SUNDAYThe Kansas City Chiefs will try
To chop the Buccaneers down
But the boss Tom Brady
Isn't messing around
He'll throw more touchdowns
Than the law allows
Snatching out the Chief's
Feathers, making his fans proud...
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Categories:
feelings, football,
Form: Rhyme
WE ARE MANCHESTERDevils roar angels bow
History unfold the DNA is red
We unite the universe
Our fanzone is enormous
We produced legends
We conquered Europe
The rival clubs are terrified
They're battered in Trafford
Sir. Bobby Charlton humbled...
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Categories:
football,
Form: Free verse
A Writer's LamentThis was inspired by a true episode from my past as a teenager. The speedster's name was Jimmy Gee, a foreign exchange student from Nairobi, Kenya. The year - 1966. The guy was a genius...
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Categories:
africa, analogy, football, friend,
Form: Rhyme
THEY MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH CHELSEATHEY MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH CHELSEA
Color blue...
Dan Petrescu...
Capi Dennis Wise,
UEFA the biggest price,
Celestine Babayaro,
Still remember him like tomorrow.
Zola definitely lure me
As honey attracts the bee.
Y'all remember Tore Andre Flo?
Our football was a masterful...
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Categories:
1st grade, england, football,
Form: Rhyme
Super Bowl LVCOVID-19 Instant Replay:
The Super Bowl at Tampax Bay
Where Patrick & Tom
Can stage their sitcom
No matter what the doctors say...
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Categories:
football, health, sports,
Form: Limerick
Age and a footballerAge and a footballer
A lot I hold against Age:
It can the cheapest goals wedge,
The fortyish striker make a tired leg;
Final whistle of a match quick to beg,
The referee not afraid to bluff
For a first half...
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Categories:
age, fear, football,
Form: Rhyme
Two Joe's
A Limerick About
Two Joe’s
Written: By Miracle Man
1/22/2021
Two Joe’s named Namath and Theismann,
now each is a Medicare criesman.
I've been thinking of late,
as a pro both seemed great,
but in college, got no Heisman.
...
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Categories:
football, sports,
Form: Limerick
Eye Of A SoonerEye Of A Sooner
By: #1 Fan
1/16/2021
O-mnicompetent
K-een
L-incoln Riley
A-ccomplished
H-ard working
O-ut of this world
M-agnifecant
A-cclaimed
S-witzer
O-utstanding
0-ptimum
N-ever failing
E-lectrifying
R-ecognizable
S-toops
...
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Categories:
football,
Form: Acrostic
The Road To The Super BowlThe Vikings and Bills, two teams that
share a feat, four trips to the Super
Bowl all ending in defeat.
A feeling of such sadness, that's
hard to put in words, creating deep
emotions, that are violently stirred!
The hope is...
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Categories:
appreciation, devotion, football, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Pidgin English version - MASON MOUNTPidgin English version - MASON MOUNT_MM10
Mason for the middle,
Fast mo' as a fiddle,
like flashy speed of eagle,
Em sharp for field like needle,
making dem fans scream and giggle,
tongues wag, no briddle,...
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Categories:
1st grade, football,
Form: Rhyme
Mason Mount - MM10MASON MOUNT (MM10)
Mason in the middle,
Fast mo' as a fiddle,
like flashy speed of an eagle,
As sharp on the field like a needle,
making dem fans scream and giggle,
hater's tongue wag with...
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Categories:
1st grade, celebrity, football,
Form: Rhyme
Football is a Grand Old Sport
Football is a grand old sport
So much fun to play
It's easy to escape injury
If your opponent you outweigh
My favorite part's those bone-crushing hits
That make your head and ears just...
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Categories:
football, health, how i
Form: Rhyme
A Smidgen 1
A Smidgen 1
Haiku: by Tom
December 14, 2020
Sometimes a smidgen
was the only edge I had.
God let that suffice.
...
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Categories:
football, god, kid,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Football Poems
Read wonderful football poetry on the following sub-topics:
acrostic, cinquain, concrete, free verse, funeral, funny, high school, kids, haiku, limerick, inspirational, life, love, mother, nfl, player, quarterback, rhyme, school, senior, simile, sonnet, spring, sports, super bowl, winter,
and more.
Definition | What is Football in Poetry?