Life Football Poems

Playing football with boys in the street
Before training bras and high heels on my feet 
I was a tomboy when it was cool to be
A...

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“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Treasured moments,...

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It was in the eighties, a winter day in Funchal, 
the capital of Madeira, when a woman gave birth.
She was an anonymous, struggling woman
sailing the...

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My people are from the community of football both local and national
My people include varied characters from over 50 years in the game
My people include...

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  In the sixties I went to university
    where I experienced much diversity

  For example, among fraternities
 ...

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Football, for long a game of kicks, 
To viewers oft of bare fists, bricks,
At times a show of gun,
At others filled with fun,
But now more...

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It’s Sunday afternoon and several of us, Leong, Sunny, Anna, Lisa and her new BF Dave (well, he isn’t ‘new,’ he’s 26) and I are...

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The Spanish queen and fooball

This forenoon in Cascais was very hot, sensibly I was not going out, switched on the TV and saw the second...

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For the love of football
It's hard to understand
If it's not your ball
You've never stood in the stands
I'm a non believer
But I see the faces
Watched the...

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For 2 long years, I really did try,
But every week I just seemed to be passed by.

But then suddenly on the noticeboard, I saw something...

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Tomorrow is Sunday
    on TV, NFL-football will be played

  No joy or hope in the life
    of a...

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Punt
Warm and windy, not November at all
The rains have wandered everywhere
But this dusty grid of dead turf

Punt
Sail, sail and turnover, it’s beautiful
Rebecca would like...

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A short stout figure in the forward line of attack,
controlled with skill the darting ball on the green turf. 
With the magnetic pair of magical...

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Both teams seem equal. Can we call this A and B?
Coin tossed; goal-post chose; both, lo, relax for a wee; 
The referee blows his whistle,...

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Life isn't always about winning 
This what I say to those who're thinking
That Jay Jay in spite of Fame is over hyped
Cos they're crude to...

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