Family Soccer Poems

I watched Ava’s soccer game the other day 
and amidst the excitement…the applause…the cheers
I realized I’ve been watching our children and grandchildren play soccer…for over...

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We sat in the stands at a high school soccer match…just the other day…to watch a friend of our granddaughter (who we’ve also watch grow...

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I remember the first time I saw a ball,

Those exquisite black and white pentagons ...
     The geometric excellence that intimated such...

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Escobar


Columbia was a team full of promise, on the rise
Their relationship with El Padrino they could not disguise
Drug money accepted under threat of demise
No choice...

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It’s funny how my father’s hobby became mine. He has been a sportsman all his life, he played basketball, volleyball and softball all his youth,...

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Soccer was the thing for all young men to play.
And my little love wanted to join desperately in the game.
So he got to be the...

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{How we play soccer}

"Peyton!" 
I call out, voice horse from all the yelling.
I left him for one minute, and he was gone!
Silly puppy, he doesn’t...

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With speed of light
Fast, furious feet
The little boy ran
Not skipping a beat

With breaths of fire
A wish for a goal
He escaped from the pack
With the ball,...

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