Matt MyersMrs. LovePeriod 1

Jon - My Football HeroOne day my little boy of threeWith great big smiling eyesSaid, “I’m going to play some football momWith all the bigger guys!”Dressed in homemade football gearYou raced out towards the streetI chuckled to myself, but yet... My heart plunged to my feet.You came back in fifteen minutesNo scratches on your skinWith much dismay you then announced,“They wouldn’t let me in”!You claimed they said you couldn’t play Because you were too smallI promised you you’d play one dayWhen you grew strong and tall.My promise to you held so trueFor now that time is here,My smiling football playerIs in his senior yearI’m proud of you and all you’ve doneAnd for all that you will beIf I just had one wish, I’d wishThat you could still be three.

This, My Football Hero, poem is about a little boy who wants to play football but, his parents are scared for him. The mood is scared. This poem used approximate rhyme throughout it. His parents are so scared because it says he is so small. He is not allowed into the game because he isn’t big enough. His parents promises him when he grows big and tall that he will be able to play football.

A Champion By Brian Ford A Champion isn't someone that always comes in first,A Champion isn't someone that is the best,A Champion isn't someone that tells how good he or she is,A Champion isn't someone that has to be a champion.A Champion is someone that has the heart to come in first,A Champion is someone that tries his or her hardest to become the best,A Champion is someone that shows, not tells, how good he or she is,A Champion is someone who is already a champion,because he or she has already accomplished their goals.A Champion is someone that strives to becomebetter, stronger, faster, harder to beat.Yes, a lot of you can say you are a winner,but are you a champion?

The poem, A Champion, describes traits you need to have to strive and be the best. It also shows that to be a champion you do not always have to come in first. You have to learn from failure and get back up and work harder. The mood of this poem is motivational to be the best. This poem uses alliteration. This is because at the beginning of every line it starts with “A champion is” or “A champion isn’t”

True Leaders By Jessica Taylor Leaders are like eagles,They learn to fly high.They soar above the others,Way up in the sky.They don't set out to be one,But become one instead.When all heads are turned,They are always there,Giving the team that little extra,That little push,That little shove.In the time it's needed the most,They are standing out,But they don't seem to know,That in the roughest times of all,Their job is most important,'Cause they become the second coach,Without taking notice.

The poem, True Leaders, is explaining how to be a great motivator or leader on your team. Being a leader is not just beneficial to you but everyone around you. If you are a captain leading by example then others will follow you and do what you are doing. This will get the best out of everyone on your team. Also, being a leader means you have to pick up your teammates when they are down. Doing this will build a family between all the players on the team. This poems mood is intense. It is trying to get the point across of working hard and being a true leader.

The Love Of The Game© Mitchell Browder It's Friday night, I've got a gameWe play the Indians,My best friend's team

My uniform's onIt's only 4 o'clockMom says we leave5:30 on the dot

Tonight's our first gameI'm fast in my new cleatsMy glove's broken-in cause I've slept on it for weeks

I'm still a little nervous but not about playingI'm wondering which girls are thereand what I'm going to be saying

The Love of the Game is about a person getting prepared to play in a game on Friday night. The mood seems to be nervous and a little scared. This poems seems to use a ballad. It is telling a story of how the boy is getting ready in very short stanzas. Also, in those stanzas it uses assonance. It is rhyming every other line.

"Prayer of a sportsman" Dear Lord, in the battle that goes on through lifeI ask but a field that is fair,A chance that is equal with all in the strife,A courage to strive and to dare;

And if should win, let it be by the codeWith my faith and my honor held high;And if I should lose, let me stand by the road,And cheer as the winners go by.

And Lord, may my shouts be ungrudging and clear,A tribute that comes from the heart,And let me not cherish a snarl or a sneerOr play any sniveling part;

Let me say, "There they ride, on whom laurel's bestowedSince they played the game better than I."Let me stand with a smile by the side of the road,And cheer as the winners go by.

So grant me to conquer, if conquer I can,By proving my worth in the fray,But teach me to lose like a regular man,And not like a craven, I pray;

Let me take off my hat to the warriors who strodeTo victory splendid and high,Yea, teach me to stand by the side of the roadAnd cheer as the winners go by. Author: Berton Braley

Prayer of a Sportsman is a short prayer to show whether we lose or win that we are thankful for everything and that we will not give up. It wants you to cheer for the other time if we were to lose. But, in the end it is all about conquering the other team and winning the game. This poem seems to be a complete free verse but all with a great meaning. The mood is happy, just to be able to play the game we love.

Friday Night Lights14 to nothing, Before the half All the games, but one, have passed Seasons ending early, due to injury Compares nothing to the loss of a brotherhood; a family. Friday night lights So many dog-fights In the end, we all sacrificed To me football is a thing of the past Just one more thing I wish would last

Stepping out on the field one last time, Brings a tear to my eye A half-hour past nine Time to pack up, and head back home Never again will I touch that end zone The big hits are gone No more players of the week No more happy valleys Or Thursdays to eat; before the game No more fame I’m proud to have played football for this team, For that I’m not ashamed. Donnie Brush :

Friday Night Lights talks about a former high school football player missing those old times on the field. He wishes he could get back out there with his family. There are two long stanzas with rhyming every three or four lines. The mood is sad because, he misses everything. Its something that you can not take for granted.

Quitting Is Not The Way Poet: Julie Hebert, © 2012

Go ahead and quit,If you can't see it through.But don't come crying to me,When quitting is all you do.

Those who start to quit,When things start getting tough.Start to see quitting,As a way to get out of stuff.

They never stick things through,And can't complete a thing.Is this the type of person,You see yourself being?

Quitters never win,No matter what you've heard.Have you ever heard a quitter,That is picked to be referred?

Of course that would be silly,Why would someone refer?Someone who can't even accomplish,They are their own saboteurs.

Next time you want to quit,Think who you want to be.Quitters never win,I want more than this for thee.

I want to see success,Surround you every day.I want you to be happy,And want to scream hooray!

I want you in a job,That makes you're world so good.I want the work you do,Feel just like childhood.

But most of all I want,To see you see things through.But not because you should,Because you really want too.

And I realize you may be scared,That you can't see it through.But I'm hear to tell you, you can,Do anything you put your mind to.

Quitting is not the Way consists many stanzas four lines each. It shows you need mental toughness. It also will make you feel guilty if you quit. Your team needs you and wants you. You could be a key factor in a game. Also, if you quit you will never have a chance to be a winner. The mood is very motivational to encourage others to try and succeed without quitting.

 "Football Uniform" Football UniformI remember watching you out upon the field.In the Seventh grade, you were with a helmet as your shield.The uniform just hung upon your skinny frame.The number on the jersey was your only name.

I washed and soaked those football pants time and time again.I often said a little prayer for our team’s little men.I hung the jersey out to dry with hopes of victory.Watching how you were growing now for the entire world to see.

You grew in size physically, as well as character too.I realized how the time has passed and the years they just flew.For as I wash your uniform after this game that is your last,I hope and pray you remember the lessons from seasons past.

Winning is very glorifying and is definitely the most fun.Sometimes, however, you did everything there was to be done.Yet the score didn't’t reflect the hard work and preparation the team put in.And you had to support each other with compassion without the win.

I stand here proudly staring at your number upon this shirt.I am wishing for more days that it would be filled with dirt.My mind will hold forever the picture of my son.Waiting for his name to be called and on the field he’d run.

My little skinny boy has now become a man.In life he will go now and do the best he can.Football has taught him, teamwork and unity.God, I pray, You help him become the best that he can be. Author: Rhonda J. Becker Nebraska

Football Uniform is about a boy starting in 7th grade. His parents enjoy him playing the game. It talks about how football was key way of him growing in character. It seems the mood is proud. It has shaped this boy into being a good man. This poem also contains many stanzas along with some rhyming.

  Don't Give It Up Poet: Z. Vujcic, © 2007

Today life gave you another slapbut don't give it upthrowing your towel in the ringfor things gone wrong, for words that sting'cos there must be another wayyou will see it in the light of another dayWhen everything seems sour, not in your favourlook around until you find better flavourso, don't just give but live it uppick up the pieces, be toughgrind your teeth and turn another cheekdon't give it up, that's exactly what they seekIt's too easy to walk awayquitter never wins so you should better staylook challenges straight in the eyedon't say yet the last good-byefight like an animal in a trapbut don't give it up

It is one large stanza. It talks about never giving up on life. And when life is hard get back up and make the best of it. It says to not give it up but live it up and show toughness to get through it. Life is never easy you just have to make the best of it. Also, the mood is very motivational.

Friday Night LightsA cold chill across your back, you ought to know what will happen next.The lights flash on the crowd grows dense, you lace your shoes and get one last stretch.The tunnel awaits, people stomping their feet, it's time for Victory. It's time for a fight.You rush onto the field with nothing but Pride. You're about to leave it all. For tonight is

This poem gives me chills thinking about Friday nights. Talking about the crowd going wild and the dense air walking out onto that field. I can’t wait to be back out there. Its four stanzas with few rhyming. The mood is nervous getting ready to take the field

I am happy and a Michigan fanI wonder if Nik Stauskas will stayI hear a basketball dribblingI see a national championshipI want to go to a gameI am happy and a Michigan fan

I pretend I’m Trey BurkeI feel like a championI touch trophiesI worry about failureI cry when I loseI am happy and a Michigan fan I understand sportsI sayI dream of a state titleI hope we winI am happy and a Michigan fan

Ohio StateDumb, Boring

Losing, Trying, ChokingDirt, Trash, Trophies,

ChampionsWinning, Rising, Flying

Awesome, SmartMichigan

Five Senses

School is black and whiteIt tastes like sour milkIt sounds like nails on a chalkboardAnd smells like gross sweatIt looks like angry teachersAnd makes you feel like the devil in hell

Beautiful StadiumsBleachers with warm,

loud airWhite cold snow on the

fieldScoreboards over the

place with frostGreen shining turf

everywhere

The cool nighttime skyExpects a beautiful moon light With falling stars

I believe in the football godsThe influence of hard workThe importance of successThe courage of others The Holy Spirit

But cockiness will get you no whereI believe in family firstI believer in GodI believe in team being family

And I believe in the fact that Nothing is ever a garuntee