The Start of Football Season

A poem about an American passion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Start of Football Season

 

Tight-ends, 

Quarterbacks,

The rushing

Of receivers,

 

Football is

Here again

Like the blazing

Autumn fever

Of the bright

Indian summer sun.

 

We gather at the bars,

Travel very far or go

Through a lot of pain

Just to see our team's

Football games.

 

We've lowered

Our tailgates

And prepped

Our charcoal grills

For our manna from

Football heaven.

 

Braced with

Heaping mounds

Of steaming hot dogs 

And chilled kegs of beer,

We are here to cheer

For our team for the

Rest of the football year.

 

At the top of our heads,

On our backs 

And over our chests

We don our teams

Bright colors proudly.

 

Some of us even

Decorate our faces 

With designs made

With special tribal paint

Just for our spirit

To be displayed

Very clearly.

 

We are mighty fans

Who dearly make 

Wild gestures and 

Cheer very loudly.

 

We'll wage our bets

Before and wait to see

What fate will render

On those grassy fields.

 

For it's on those fields

Where bone meets bone

And flesh meets flesh

Mighty wills can

Crack under pressure.

 

All kinds of tricks

And spins can bring fame

To any teenage star athlete.

 

As the temperatures

Continue to lower and

Our tree's leaves start to toss

And tumble to the ground.

 

May this fall's best games

Begin with the mighty thunder

And all of the magical wonder

Of last year's legendary

Football end.

 

May the games begin!

 

 

 

Author's Note

I love football season!

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the short lines,which give it tempo.It`s a subject you know about,which always make a story work.Good work.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Rah Rah Rah!
Nice ode to the pigskin.

[Mauricio Montoya]

I got to this one a bit late.
Nice work.

[writing mojo]

grid ironed raw rhythm...good stuff

[Vinod Kumar U K]

Nice season of celeberation

[emmajoy]

What a wonderfully happy post .. it just peals with excitement! As long as there's poetry and sport Man will survive .. mind you the bbq helps too! Have a great season, hope your team wins and wins. Fun!

[Dayran]

An unfortunate synonym for soccer but the culture is great. Modern gladiators, in a mind-and-muscle event that creates a ' if you got it flaunt it ' contest. In my opinion it is only second to the F1 phenomenon. A flavor of the event breezes through your poem. Great write.

[Muse]

This made me smile. I can taste the beer and hotdogs!

[An owl on the moon]

What a lifting anthem for the autumn... filled with the screams of the new football season, and all those who gather around! May you find it all better than ever.

[Becky C Strukamp]

This is magnificent! It totally describes foot ball season. Blew me away. It was like I was there watching, eating, cheering on the teams, and placing bets.