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Linebacker Poems - Poems about Linebacker


Premium MemberI Want To Be a Nutcracker

..."I want to be a nutcracker!"
Came my announcement one day.
I won't need the strength of a linebacker
to make my chosen profession pay.

"I want to be a nutcracker!"
Grasping them tight ...
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Categories: linebacker, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLooking For Something

...I am an old man
a deep well
an epoch marriage
a raven haired beauty
five above average kids
Orion deckhand and cook
teacher of the year
Bible study leader
jail preacher
song worship leader
...
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Categories: linebacker, journey, old,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberI Should Have Known Better

...I have my second graders coloring cutting and gluing.
It is taking them quite a bit of time. They are chatting too.
This is counseling class, I encourage socializing.
I arrived five minutes early ...
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Categories: linebacker, school, teacher,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberBaxter

...That dog bares his teeth
but don’t you know, he’s nose to nose
with a very long kid
who grew up with him

I try to rub his fur
as he runs along, never looking back
meanwhile he
plays kissy-ki...
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Categories: linebacker, animal,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberStrokin' - Part Three and Part Four

...STROKIN’: PART THREE
THE FULLBACK

He was twenty-eight yards and
thirty-two seconds from the end of a career
He had broken several bones, had a permanent
limp, knew the burden of performance to...
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Categories: linebacker, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberAngel Knew What She Was Doing

...I count on angels. They speak to me.
Not in voices, but telepathically.
They do not leave me alone until I do certain things.
I know it is an angel due to their persistent tenacity.

Call Toni. ...
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Categories: linebacker, angel,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberLeatherhead

...I’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.  I’ve always fancie...
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Categories: linebacker, football,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberThe Beauty of the Seasons

...Summer magic, Winter delight, Spring fresh, and beautiful Fall.
The diverseness of the assorted seasons tends to delight us.
Each has its own ambiance and nuances, after all.
Some years they arriv...
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Categories: linebacker, seasons,
Form: Chant Royal

Premium MemberGrit and Guts On the Gridiron - 1

...Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct, 
a stitched ...
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Categories: linebacker, america, sports, war,
Form: Epic

Premium MemberLego Narcs - Under the Cover of Night

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Night! 
It’s around nine thirty 
maybe ten. 

The phone rings. 
The voice is irritating, the words frightening.

Within minutes I’m in a car with my mate. 
Within minutes I arrive...
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Categories: linebacker, abuse, angst, betrayal, bullying,
Form: Narrative

Lions True Blue

...A die hard fan I have been. Remember thinking, 16 games 17 weeks, even the Lions will pull off a win. Preseason champs yes we might of been. But 0-16 meant a lot more my friends. That year is gone an...
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Categories: linebacker, sports,
Form: I do not know?

Media and Tv

...social media and television shows, whad'a you know
where did all tha'old tv shows go

i love lucy and dallas with ms ellie
it was best when there was regis kelly

jerry springer and the uks jer...
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Categories: linebacker, journey,
Form: I do not know?

Linebacker

...he blocks and shields
victory on many fields....
the power he wields...
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Categories: linebacker, adventure, allegory, sports
Form: Senryu

Private Party

...College party red cups  all across the room.
we caught each others eye.
Inbetween  dances  if eyes were a camera they'd 
be caught in zoom.

I know you came here with another guy.
Sixfoot four ...
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Categories: linebacker, funny
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things