Football Ode Poems

"Ode to You"
You, the girl who learned to wear two worlds —
Nigeria braided into your roots,
England stitched into your stride.
A quiet voice that holds galaxies,
a...

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Christmas.
Believe the story, the prophet, the myth?
Is it all about festivity, excessive drinking and gifts? About family, relatives coming together that otherwise wouldn’t mix?

Do you...

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Frustrating
Bad tasting
Bitter
Heart pumping 
Bile rising
Tense
Sh*t team
Bad dream
Awful
Supporting
Supporting!
Supporting!!
Why!!!????
Time to move on
Divorce my club!
If only I could
If only I could
Forever depressed 
Watching sh*t
Week on week
Year on year
Manager...

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I am reminded of his legacy,
    Through the media events.
        Where he opened doors
 ...

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Too blind to play baseball
  Too soft for football
Too slow for basketball
  No future in sports at all

Those who can't do, teach
 ...

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Every day at recess I play catch with the boys
No matter what they can’t throw where they’re told
Just one good pass
To bend over that many...

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The world has discovered it's coveted holy grail
To Jules Rimet we honour let the football feast set sail.
Countries unite and teams take flight to a...

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Charlie, my garbage guy, has an odiferous job to say the very least,

Tossing garbage into the maw of his truck, that roaring, ravenous beast!

But Charlie...

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Every being must be captivated by something
what else draws so much passion if not football?
Watch me scream and dance as I give my all.

Colours show...

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She carries one of the heaviest pregnancies in the world
with more species of monkeys than any other region.
She stands huge in her territory
with a unique...

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He is the row locker that holds the bridge
He is the Bison that carries the load from the deck
A wall that resists oppositions, guards them...

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ODE TO THE AFL!!!  (Melbourne, Australia, a unique whimsy)

Are footy fanatics,
Total raving lunatics? 
The flag's in the bag!
We've got some lively lads,
Best we've ever...

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Boots across his shoulders, striding through the park 
Bright young man of 20, out to make his mark 
On his way to Ayresome, living out...

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Dedicated to every young man bestowed the honor of wearing 
the glorious Oklahoma Sooners' Crimson & Cream 

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Over sixty years, boy and man, I have...

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It’s that time of year again...
When family and friends gather together..
To share and give thanks for all that they treasure..
The young and the old, the...

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