Player Football Poems

A football player named Zay
Made an exceptional play.
The ref called it flaunting, 
But I thought it quite daunting.
Can't a guy celebrate a great day?...

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Both France and Australia were nil-nil until extra time when Aussie Alanna Kennedy’s misdirected header during a corner kick produced an own goal for France....

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I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                 ...

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There was a time when the great, gridiron classic,
    Was the ultimate in athletic pursuit.
But lately, the evolution has been warped, by
...

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The game a start
Crowd was cheering
Out on the field
First down was nearing 

Thought he was fast
Could rush past you
You wrapped him up
The last thing you...

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Ronaldo, messi are nice
but Pele had no price
always made more than one goal
with him in field no zero for sure...

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Im short of words
Yummy liver in the pot's pool
Feeds astonished Aston in its villa 
Dating back to 2017 heavy loss 

Was it the power of...

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When I was young,                     ...

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These are the best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part II

The Locker
by Michael R. Burch

All the dull hollow clamor has died
and what was contained,
removed,
reproved
adulation...

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Football brought shivers to folks in Three Rivers
With slivers of Fall in the air
And the crowd was excited but not so delighted
By weather more cloudy...

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Dear football although the thrill of you brings me joy 

I find it a struggle to be a normal boy

The repeated hits to the head...

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I played sport with a boy my own age, 
his older brother was talented in an obvious way, 
He saw his brother thought that’ll be...

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*Image of John Madden by Oakland News Now.

John Madden RIP

As an offensive linesman forms profession,
Complimenting Raiders pro football coach,
Relating coaching and playing no question,
At every...

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A hand pass out of the pack
Without needing to look back
Holding the premiership cup up high
A banner proclaiming God to run by

Four Margery Medals around...

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You never meant anything to me anyway.
If I twist my wrist and thrust it down,
I flick my hips and slip away.

If I smash my forearm...

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