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Best Derby Poems

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


Premium Member The Kentucky Derby- the Quatrain Style
~The Kentucky Derby~
(Quatrain)


What a glorious day it is today,
As people of all ages are having fun,
Because  the Kentucky Derby race,
Is taking place  till...

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Categories: derby, beautiful, horse, love, race,
Form: Free verse



Derby Day
Here we are in the spring month of May.
It’s late afternoon on the month’s first Saturday.
Lo and behold, we have another Derby Day.
The annual Running...

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Categories: derby, games, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Kentucky Derby
So swift behooves...
in challenging quest...
competitive hearts...
race their best...

A treasure to win...
one measurable test...
for equine ones..
Churchills best....

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Categories: derby, history, people, pets, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Her Name Was Regret
Her name was Regret, with a rocket step
She was chestnut flashing, released lightning
In a century past, an age of side saddles and corsets
She was feminism...

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Categories: derby, history, horse, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Keepin Up
Got a wild hair and found  a younger woman
did I.
Took a trip oh howtime did fly.

I wake up she already ran three miles.
Going eighty...

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Categories: derby, funnynight, me, night, time,
Form: Rhyme



New Future of the Internet
New Future Of The
Internet


Cable cost are up
too high
You turned to the
internet and so have
I

My Youtube channel
is the way to go
Now I can even make
video shows

I...

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Categories: derby, business, career, film, grandparents,
Form: Free verse
No Triple Crown Winner
California Chrome’s bid for a triple crown was a no-go.
He didn’t win, he didn’t place.  He didn’t even show.
The owners of the horse were...

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Categories: derby, horse, race, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Merry Minstrel of Mickleover
The Merry Minstrel of Mickleover

I strike this chord without a sword
For I am not so brave
Whence came a knight with armour bright
Who vowed princess to...

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Categories: derby, history,
Form: Rhyme
Sex and the British
They’re drawing the curtains in Dorking,
Lighting the candles and pouring the lotions.
Switching off TV’s and shelving resentments,
Checking on children asleep in the darkness,
Creeping  ...

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Categories: derby, love, psychological, sexy, social,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The A-Z of Alliteration
Alan Allston ate an addictive piece of cake.
Bertie bounced his bouncy ball by the bus stop but his brother caught the bouncy ball before the...

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Categories: derby, simple,
Form: List
Premium Member Morning Ride
The lamp outside my lodgings cut through fog of dirty grey,
I donned my coat and hat ready to start another day.
The sound of hooves on...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derby, car,
Form: Rhyme
Missive To My Children
Trends mirrored me
I wrapped fire in my gut
Passed through the cells of light
I cut my anchor rope
Struggled to realize my dreams
I floated above time
All is...

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Categories: derby, 1st grade, baby, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member L A
L.A.
.
They say the city of angels
Is run by demons
Like many other cities
But I’m not sure
Riding my Harley
Through Hollywood and Vine
I see the signs
But still have...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derby, america, life,
Form: Free verse
Run For the Roses
Three long years pass and now the trumpeter Sounds
As doth the hopefuls tread out upon the track 
Dreams of tomorrow now kindle in the dirt.
Kentucky...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: derby, hope,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Chains broken........
Bonds released.......
You are loosed
and finally set free
At a point of desperation to no longer be in captivity
With an outrageous temper, deep consideration, and a...

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Categories: derby, uplifting, rain, life, rain,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Shattered Sighs