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Famous Athletics Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Athletics poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous athletics poems. These examples illustrate what a famous athletics poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Olympic Granny

by Nesbitt, Kenn

...games this year,
She’ll laugh at her competitors
And make them quake with fear.
She’s ninety-nine years old
But, in athletics, she’s been blessed.
The trouble is she can’t decide
Which sport she plays the best.
She’s such an ace at archery.
She’s queen of the canoe.
She’s tough to top at taekwondo
And table tennis too.
She dominates the diving board.
She tromps the trampoline.
At lifting weights and wrestling
She’s the best you’ve ever seen.
She speeds across t...Read more of this...

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