The ball -- Instructions for the field -- Uniform day -- A few words from your shin guard -- A few words from your other shin guard -- Want to play? -- Saturday morning -- Instructions to: field players/ the goalkeeper -- Dribbling -- Passing -- Defender -- Striker -- The fans -- Teammates -- The goal -- Apology -- Accepted -- Pep talk -- The game -- The handshake -- More -- Good dreams -- A note about poem forms.
Summary
Presents twenty-two imaginative poems about soccer, including a coach who inspires players to fly like the wind and a shin guard that begs to be donned.