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Best Coliseum Poems

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


Day of Reckoning
Above bleak pastures,
A cobalt coliseum:
Warriors are unleashed.
·
Aggressive brave clouds,
Battle for the dominance:
Vanquishment is vague.
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Conquest of power,
Clash of divine elements:
Battle in the sky.
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Sun and clouds collide,
On...

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Categories: coliseum, nature
Form: Choka



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: coliseum, dedication, race, sports, usa,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Black Flowers Bloom
Skies so grey
Heart so blue
Flowers of the past come to bloom
Love has kissed the stems
Pain has poisoned the blooms
The flowers are black as death itself
They...

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Categories: coliseum, blue, death, garden,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Summer Matinee
I was only allowed to go, after much whining 
     begging, promises of unlikely saint-hood
     if my...

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Categories: coliseum, brother, me,
Form: Narrative
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That
The greatest puzzle in the world
Is one in which must be mastered;
you are the only curator by far;
not family, friends, or the pastor.

The pieces belong...

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Categories: coliseum, inspiration, riddle,
Form: Rhyme



In State
Barefoot on the paving slab chill, concrete
feet feel frostbite emanations in their callused souls;
rooftop mystique clamours silent slate triangles,
perched the stray cat observers, red-eyes smoking...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coliseum, life, people, philosophy, places,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Faithfully
Appreciating yourself, when others turn away with scorn.
Each day, you must love you as the sun doth the morn!

Feed your body, and nourish your dreams.
Pay...

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Categories: coliseum, humor, pets,
Form: Couplet
Deity
Deity
Definition: a God, God like, Goddess, or a holy person

I am a deity
When it comes to poetry
So, please think carefully before you speak to me
Like,...

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Categories: coliseum, black african american, imagination,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Football
Two opposing warring factions, meet upon the AstroTurf
Battlefield, in the sporting arena of Victory or agony’s defeated,
Warriors of the pigs skinned javelin, tackle each other...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coliseum, america, football, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Afl-Nfl Championship Game
The first game was played in California;
LA Coliseum the arena.
Here, you may have a doubt.
The game was not sold out.
This is just some more useless...

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Categories: coliseum, history, sports
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Evolution's Speed Bump
Evolution’s Speed Bump
                      ...

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© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coliseum, environment,
Form: Free verse
Padre Pio
St. Padre Pio

Through emmense silence amidst the swell of violence

Take Good care of those he loves;
In certain strange ways in curiosity
With human love one can...

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Categories: coliseum, adventure, angst, art, black
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Siegfried and the Uniq-Horn
Siegfried and the Uniq-Horn
by Loch David Crane, "The Magic Santa Claus" 
October 10, 2003       

This is the story of...

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Categories: coliseum, animal, dedication, dream, hero,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Edge of the Universe
Here we are, at the edge of the universe.  
Let us praise that we are alive. 
  
Through the maze of this mausoleum,...

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Categories: coliseum, creation, dark, imagination, science,
Form: Rhyme
Casey On Second
(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat".)

The Mudville nine and Casey have their chance for sweet revenge;
They play today in...

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© Ed Morris  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: coliseum, baseball, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Narrative

Book: Shattered Sighs