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Best Racetrack Poems

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


The Racetrack
The Racetrack 

   A momentous and thrilling place 
   where people lose their pace 
   looking through the columns...

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Categories: racetrack, horse, race,
Form: Free verse



Horsing Around
I’m sick of hearing from old Bill that I’m a whimpish sort of bloke,
Because I don’t care for rodeo’s and can’t relate to outback folk,
That...

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Categories: racetrack, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Horse Racing 100th Poem
Have you been to a race with a horse?
There are many who like them, of course.
Who wins?  We don’t know.
We can win, place, or...

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Categories: racetrack, sports
Form: Limerick
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: racetrack, games, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Grandma
I was your first born grandchild, the first grandchild to know you.
40 years of time passed before I was born.
You gave life to six children,...

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Categories: racetrack, childhood, family, grandmother, growing
Form: Dramatic Verse



Saint Anthony
They say you are the patron saint 
Of all things that are lost
Please help me to recover from
My efforts and my cost

I lost it at...

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Categories: racetrack, how i feel, humor,
Form: Ode
The Preakness
It’s the second jewel of the big racing crown.
The race takes place every May in Baltimore town.
Horses in the Kentucky Derby will have another go
at...

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Categories: racetrack, games, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Lost - a Prequel
whatever would be
the point of intervention
what good would it do

i know where they are
i know right where i lost them
so then are they lost

the meaning...

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Categories: racetrack, how i feel, humor,
Form: Haiku
Mohave Valley Raceway
Mohave Valley Raceway is the place to be.
Lots of awesome people and races to see.
And should you happen to have a date come Sat. night.
Bring...

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Categories: racetrack, car, drink, family, food,
Form: Rhyme
Stirrup Irons and Wailing Sirens
I am from the synthetic turf,
Of which I never wish to touch myself.
I’m from beyond the mint juleps and fancy hats,
Where there isn’t such thing...

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Categories: racetrack, horse,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Seeking Flattery of the Crowd


Like a deadly drug, it makes us dance
Put our nose in the air, turn our backs .
Craven souls, want another chance.
Walking over friends, we call...

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Categories: racetrack, character, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Fowl Karma
haha...yes no laughing matter mate..."
Chicken Karma" by Peter Duggan 

the fowl strikes back , 
a chook attack,
 the humans slack, 
might get their come uppance,...

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Categories: racetrack, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Reap Bad Deeds
As ye sow, 
you get the maybe corn, 
and reap,
the stinking  uncooked prawn,
cos ye n me are slack ....

ones deed comes up to speed...

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Categories: racetrack, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Thoroughbred Heroes
 TO:  My many heroes I have watched win

Heroes you have been to me, THOROUGHBREDS!
Painted in colors of bright chestnut reds.
Your Finely tuned muscles...

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Categories: racetrack, animals,
Form: I do not know?
Video Games Vs Real Life: Driving
Video Games VS Real Life: Driving
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

(The Video Game)
There he was on the racetrack.
Eager!  Darting in and out.
Slipping,...

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Categories: racetrack, death, life, loss, people,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs