NFL Haiku Picks, Week Eleven

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11/16 8:25 ET At Pittsburgh -7 Tennessee

Hot breath on windows
French fries in hot sandwiches
Gravy on the side

PICK: STEELERS

11/19 1:00 ET Detroit -3 At Chicago

There are unseen things
Floating upon the corners
Of everything blue

PICK: LIONS

11/19 1:00 ET Kansas City -10.5 At NY Giants

Answer the door bell.
It’s a different you who just
Forgot their house keys

PICK: CHIEFS

11/19 1:00 ET At Miami -1 Tampa Bay

In the near noon all
Clouds come to represent fever
Across the lake waves

PICK: DOLPHINS

11/19 1:00 ET Baltimore -2 At Green Bay

In shimmering pools
Of exploding heat you might
Hear the sound of fire

PICK: PACKERS

11/19 1:00 ET At Minnesota -2.5 LA Rams

My head turns to look.
All the weariness has fled
My deflating form

PICK: RAMS

11/19 1:00 ET Arizona -1 At Houston

There’s a western cry.
We approached the abyss to
Find red birds circling

PICK: TEXANS

11/19 1:00 ET Jacksonville -7.5 At Cleveland

You might be tired
But over your head there are
Angels shimmering

PICK: JAGUARS

11/19 1:00 ET At New Orleans -7.5 Washington

It fell to us to
Find the cracks in all gold things.
We waited for more

PICK: SAINTS

11/19 4:05 ET At LA Chargers -4 Buffalo

Across the valley
The wind decided for us.
The sky was not red

PICK: BILLS

11/19 4:25 ET At Denver -2.5 Cincinnati

There was a clamor.
We felt defenseless against
Its pillowy teeth

PICK: BRONCOS

11/19 4:25 ET New England -6.5 Oakland (At Mexico City)

Boots along the path.
It was spread out before us.
We’d never seen it all.

PICK: RAIDERS

11/19 8:30 ET Philadelphia -3.5 At Dallas

And then it collapsed.
The air was forced out and drew
Upwards before wings

PICK: EAGLES

11/20 8:30 ET At Seattle -3 Atlanta

We found a cool spot
On the ground, between two dusks
and laid down to wait

PICK: SEAHAWKS

Jim Behrle lives in Jersey City, NJ.