Best Hamstring Poems

THINGS WITH STRINGS

Spider's web, strings of stars,
a weaver's loom, and old guitars.
Balls of yarn, and DNA,
string bikini, and crochet.

Cats cradle, spools of thread,
Tails on kites,...

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First grade, pelted with eggs
  Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
  Fourth grade, clawed by a bear

Fifth grade, ran...

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40th Marathon For 70 Year Old

Almost in disbelief, I reread the headline of this one particular online piece of news….
A 72-year-old Retiree Just Ran His...

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THREE WAYS of Swiping the World Cup

"It is sweet and fitting/glorious to lay your life down for your country » - from a poem by...

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My back’s in the sun with a ring-a-ling-ding
Have to admit I am doing my thing
I sit outside with couch, but no vase of Ming
The dog...

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James is a former sprinter, visually impaired, 
Who suffered disappointment at exclusion, 
From the 2012 games because he procured, 
A grade three hamstring injury of...

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a full grown man pissed himself in front of me tonight
... he just passed out in a chair and began flowing urine 
through the lower...

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I now acquiesce to this with you
May ours be that affaire-de-coeur
Where dubious turmoils never flow,
For you etherea ladyl,
Have fuzzled me enough that I subservient,
By hindsight...

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My eyes open in a dark room
The clock is telling me 5 approaches
There to my right I see the outline
Of you

Hair draped across your sleeping...

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Sandpaper noise of idle chatter
intrudes upon my inner thoughts
Scraps flake off their intelligence
to show the ignorance they brought

How grandiose they believe themselves
in opinions they all...

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Written By:  D. Collins 9/14/21


Back in the days, the Elders weren't lying.
Sometimes I get up and hear cracks 4 or 5 times.
The hip gets...

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WARNING: THE CONTENTS OF THS POEM MAY BE
DANGEROUS TO YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING

(Photo of the Two Lovers is available on contest site),

As any physical...

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Watch the blood
drip from my eyes
as I lick
   the last bits of flesh
from my claws.
I've spotted my new prey
    and...

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Slipped through my finger my diamond ring
Down the drain it went so I got out some string
I attaching a bobby pin then coiled it like...

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Yoga 
aha 

Relax 
in slacks 

At ease
release 

Retreat
off feet

Still mind
core find

Unwind 
from grind 

Depressed
cure stressed 

Wellness 
classes

Witness 
fitness

Deep rest
suggest 

Supple 
muscle 

Stiff joint 
whole point

Light...

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