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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LEATHERHEADI’ve always had a bit of a linebacker mindset in spite all the poetic pretense. In another life, I suppose I would have made a living ripping the heads off of sissy quarterbacks. ...
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Categories:
football,
Form: Haibun
Tribute To Maradona
Categories:
12th grade, appreciation, football,
Form: Free verse
A Game With A Team With No 'Nick' NameWearing the silver and blue
Lone stars with loyal honesty that is true
Inviting those dressed in burgundy and yellow
With the mission ‘keep the politicians mellow’
For a Thanksgiving meal...
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Categories:
beauty, football, holiday, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
allusion, farewell, football, tribute,
Form: Haiku
Where are the Crowds
This is my heartache,
To be a witness and listen.
The cries, from the heartbreak.
Make the sound on inside pain.
The saddest music of our times.
Drowning out the sound of joy.
A pause breaking up the...
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Categories:
cry, england, football, games,
Form: Footle
2 MikeyPoor Mikey
gave everything he had
for fifteen minutes under lights
(and they are expensive lights).
He went down not once but twice
in the same game with the same head
(his only one).
Rules meant to protect him
from returning to...
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Categories:
conflict, football, high school,
Form: Free verse
What Would Ma Bell Say
Brouhaha brewing, my Jezebel comes home glowing;
Football game in progress, but she has gossip to spend.
Curious winds blustering, in rare decibels growing,
posthaste, I speed dial her garrulous second best friend.
Handing Jez my phone, I...
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Categories:
11th grade, football, growing
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Road TripIt is as warm as a flame
here in Tennessee embark
we listened to the Titans game
on a trip to Centennial Park
We saw quite a few belay stance
such as M&M people
painted on haystacks
vandalism or legal
We beheld some...
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Categories:
football, history, nature, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
With Gods and KingsThe soul is right
The soul is good
It gets no credit
Perhaps it should
Deserves respect
Demands acclaim
We give it up
In someone’s name
Maybe a god
Maybe a king
A pleasant voice
That truly rings --
A handsome face
Virile and stout
Yells when to throw
The...
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Categories:
football, america, anti bullying, education,
Form: Political Verse
So I Wrote This Poem
Categories:
america, football, friendship,
Form: Narrative
The GameWe made another touchdown
Without a penalty
As children on the playground
Full of amenity
You made it to the zone
Again without a flag
We act the same when grown
In formation zig zag
Now we're at the field goal line
No fumble...
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Categories:
america, football, relationship, sports,
Form: Rhyme
It's Not AlrightBeautiful black woman Angela Davis
Stood by herself
At the 50 yard line
A football crooked on a tee
At her feet
Waiting
And she sang the national anthem
To an empty stadium
In perfect pitch.
When her deep voice soared and hit
That line...
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Categories:
football, anxiety, conflict, emotions, fear,
Form: Free verse
Boyhood
KP hill commune
4 seasons promenade play
wonderland of friends...
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Categories:
basketball, childhood, football, friendship,
Form: Haiku
They Dope Players, Don't They
How will footballers huddle
keeping six feet apart
Are they gonna tackle
by throwing darts
Wearing face masks under
helmets is a total joke ~
Let the players bring the dope
and give the...
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Categories:
drug, football, humor, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Green Readiness
Categories:
august, football, miracle, symbolism,
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?