Best Skate Poems

Wheels spin, board flies. Through the air, streets, the city.
Making my own path, benches, rails, free to ride, glide.

Suddenly stops. 
Can’t go here, there, anywhere.  
Danger, menace, in the crowd, no longer allowed.  

People with power take ours, don’t grind, unwind. Protect the...

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When I was a kid
I liked to skate fast
Not on frozen ice
But on roller skates
Down a great big hill

We were a group
Of skating kids
I had pink wheels
My friend had blue

A steep hill
Oh delight
We just went

Faster
Faster

Down !

When I was grown up
And so dignified
I wanted to...

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My dad’s car was on the fritz
He got talked into roller skating.
I am twenty-two he argued.
Too old for it.
But they could walk there.

He noticed a young woman.
She could really skate.
Like him.
He kept watching her.
A voice said “She is the one”.
He had been looking for a...

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I wish I were a swimming skate
I’d swim in schools; that would be great!
I would sit in class
Between shark and bass
Then play hooky and take debate

May 3, 2018

For Viv Wigley’s  “I wish I was a . . .”  Contest...

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POCKETS TURN INSIDE OUT.LINT BALLS
FALL RIGHT OUT...A NIGHT OUT WITH
YOU IS WITH COUPONS AT MICKEY D'S.
ASKING THE CLERK TO SUPER SIZE A
TAKEOUT MEAL.

CHEAP SKATE:THE FLOWERS I RECEIVE WERE
FROM THE CEMETERY DOWN THE STREET.IT
SLIP YOUR MIND TO TEAR AWAY THE NOTE 
THAT SAID "FAREWELL CAROL" HOW...

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Bright lights grow dim throughout the rink,
An amplified voice then resounds:
“Now boys and girls, let’s couples’ skate,”
So, girls drop speed, coast off and stop
While on, I roll, with all the guys—
Some lag, they pause, inviting girls,
Pairs slowly crowd the roller floor
Though I just eye my...

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It all started yesterday
went to the skating rink,
I haven't skated for years
back then, I didn't stink.

I used to be a good skater
then, there it was yesterday,
smooth ice laughing and taunting
tried to keep my fear at bay.

I took to the ice carefully
like a child hanging onto...

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Opportunities come and leave on a skate
Falling down doesn't mean it's all because of fate
Failure are supposed to teach you about errors not hate
Getting up is all about never giving at any rate
Things can turnover in any date 
Opportunities come and leave on a skate...

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skateboard
cement wonder
dragon and thunderbolts
nancy’s big brother’s old helmet
a thrill...

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7 year old skateboarder young boy with long braided Locs;
Overpowered by powerful frocks;
Skateboarding over wooden boxes;
fell hard,  knees scarred;
Was impaled by a rusty nail;
 Went to ER had a passionate nurse 
She asked the boy which ouchy he wanted soothe first;
She was like penicillin...

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Flushed cheeks and filled with serene truth,  
on a lake of rose quartz I skate; 
Coral ice surrounds and starts to soothe
a warm smile slowly radiates; 
My temperature elevates
I do a spin and understand 
part of the dance is always fate;
If I slip hold...

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its a smooth ride
need no map to guild
 love it 
i do this at  a rate
that don't complate
ROLLER SKATE...

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Only the cold crunching
of the fresh snow bunching,
and the tired leather boots
as I take that first step

Can be heard right here
by no other frozen ear,
for away I rushed off
to find silence instead

And all that is harsh
exists not on this marsh,
where the only prying eyes
belong to...

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Twirling around the glossy smooth floor
Racing with friends on roller-skates
Tossing my hair as I glide across the room
Feeling so certain that this is my destiny

Weaving through the crowd lithely, swiftly
Smiling at everyone, my heart filled with laughter
Lighting the entire room with the heartfelt joy
Discovered in...

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There once was a large ice patch on Main
Avoided by everyone sane
	A foolish skater
	Thought himself greater
His skating now induces horrid pain...

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