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Best Lionel Poems

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


Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
A man without mercy.
Whose ball hit the pole
of having score a goal....

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Categories: lionel, humorous,
Form: Clerihew



Lionel Messi
Horrendously explosive nimble ball juggler
Athletic and Ever-Attacking game shuffler
Maradona upgraded and improved version
Awesomely admiring soccer surgeon
Ruthless with the heart and strength of a Lion
Devours the...

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Categories: lionel, firework, football, soccer, sports,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Betweenthe Lines
Between the lines I walk a million miles

You hold me in your arms a hundred thousand times

Between the lines I  wonder about your dark...

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Categories: lionel, i love you,
Form: Lyric
The Fable of the Fox and Goose
There once was a fox, as wise as can be,
 He lived in the hollow of an old oak tree.
 Not so very far from...

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Categories: lionel, parody,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Last Old Fashioned Christmas
He poked the sleepy fire 
Then sat back in his chair
Removed his reading glasses 
Brushed back his cotton hair
A quick glance out the window 
Wishing...

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Categories: lionel, christmas, sad,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member I Love You Still
The love I have is burning in me still
it breathes, it moves, and gives me still a thrill
to death defiant yet to life it speaks
your...

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Categories: lionel, i love you,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Jenny and Lenny Hook Up
Lenny was 30 and still living with his old cheese, everyone called, Lenny’s mum.
She was always on his Cadbury Snack to go find a trouble...

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Categories: lionel, humor, love,
Form: Rhyme
Melt Me Like Snowflakes
Temperatures fall on this late September day

She paces, thousands of times, back and forth

along with the soft sounds of Lionel Ritchie playing

in the old sitting...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lionel, love, , sweet love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Xmas Memories
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Categories: lionel, childhood,
Form: Concrete
Tom the Tramp
Yeah, that's my old nickname,
From my old band "Tramp",
As well as my occasional irresponsibility...
My friend and ex-sweetheart,
Rosie...called herself "Lady"...
The Lionel Richie song inspired...
"Lady and the...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lionel, devotion, family, friendship, inspirational,
Form: Bio
Retirement
Retirement
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Stop working now
The hopeless boss
Who gives you no hope
The nine-to-five grind
Is over now
Retirement
Exit, exit excite
Up, up away
Banjo your mango
Man goes
Peddle your medal
On your salad...

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Categories: lionel, blessing, celebration, devotion, farewell,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Thunderous Wondrous Electric Toy Train
It was shiny and bright sitting under the tree.
There were other things there, but that's all I could see:
a Lionel toy train on a circular...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lionel, christmas, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Ronaldo Or Messi
I'm sick and tired of the comparisons
If You disrespect one because you prefer the other, you're an embarrassment
They're the greatest footballers of all time you...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lionel, dedication, desire, football, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Funny Numbers
Funny Numbers
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Numb I have suffered
And by God done I am
Lord.. 
So many characters 
Too many teachers
Yell and try to tell
How to sauce 
The spice of...

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Categories: lionel, creation, earth, hyperbole, i
Form: ABC
England Won a Penalty Shootout
Many years of dreaming and searching
Will this be the year we finally stop hurting? 
I can't believe these words are coming from my mouth 
I...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lionel, football, fun, funny, soccer,
Form: Free verse

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