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Best Olympics Poems

Below are the all-time best Olympics poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of olympics poems written by PoetrySoup members


Politics and Poetry - Is Hate Really the Answer
Politics and Poetry – is hate really the answer

Why write a poem of hate about Trump
He’s been there just over a week
Though Hilary Clinton the...

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Categories: olympics, angst, political,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Camp of the Dead Children
Emily of three years
Leukemia eating her soul
Her bald head, made her smile wider
Please mummy do not cry
I will hug you even after I die

Tommy of...

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Categories: olympics, beauty, introspection, love, sad,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member The Race
It’s not about the winning or losing
But how the race is run
To be in the Winners Circle
To bask in limelight’s fun 

It’s not about the...

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Categories: olympics, encouraging, inspirational, race,
Form: Rhyme
Borrow My Sorrow
How magical it is to feel such a sad emotion
I need ingredients to concoct a happiness potion
Yesterday was not promised
So today I refuse to think...

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Categories: olympics, lifewords, lost, people, lost,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gabriela Anderson -Schiess
Gabriela Anderson Scheiss was a long distance runner
Who ran the marathon in the Californian Summer
It was the Los Angeles Olympics in nineteen eighty four
You probably...

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Categories: olympics, dedication, race, sports, usa,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member What Means More Mty
items in my container of memories
playbill for "Les Miserables" that Dad enjoyed
reminder of ignoble government
Jean Val Jean’s quest for justice
fugitive from the merciless Javert

outdated cell...

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Categories: olympics, death, father daughter, memory,
Form: Free verse
The Old Shoe Box
The Old Shoe Box

A box of old shoes under the stair,
Discarded, unwanted, no matching pair.
No longer needed, pushed out of sight.
Resigned to this box, and...

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Categories: olympics, peopleold, old, time,
Form: Quatrain
I Cry,I Cry,I Cry
I cry,not the tears of joy,I cried when our
 athletes rompt the Olympics,
 
I now cry,tears of anger,tears of disgust,

Tears,enough to drown the wicked,heartless
 people...

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Categories: olympics, death, hope, sad, cry,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Poetry Contests
To post a poem is not a marathon*
   when entered in a contest to be placed-
but rather there for others urged upon
 ...

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Categories: olympics, how i feel, inspirational,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Woke Can All Take a Hike


The WOKE CAN ALL TAKE A HIKE

Depressing this year to celebrate the USA nation.
When our flag is dishonored
at the Olympics is a big
sensation!
Causes this poetess...

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Categories: olympics, america, confidence, courage, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Haiku Qualifying
haiku olympics
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Categories: olympics, games, sports,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Jumping For Joy
For years I was a trained gymnast, and I'd competed in the Olympics,
Before my leg was injured in a car accident, among fate's cruel tricks.

I...

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Categories: olympics, career, fantasy, happiness, hope,
Form: Couplet
Olympic Ice Skaters
It must be strange to do your best
And find out what you never guessed – 
That critics find your style a bore
And so do judges,...

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Categories: olympics, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Abc of Love
A is for activities that are excellent
B is for brave and bold days
C is for courage and understanding
D is for days with friends
E is foe...

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Categories: olympics, appreciation, god,
Form: ABC
Conservative Websites Are Being Blocked
The progressive left-wing social media outlets are blocking conservative websites but without taking them completely off of the web. Concerned persons are still able to...

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Categories: olympics, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things