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Best Tampa Poems

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


My Tampa Bay Memories
Dad fishing the bay
me and Bonnie running wild
while Mom's being Mom...

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Categories: tampa, childhood, family, father, fishing,
Form: Haiku



Tampa Bay Fun
underway again
deep sea fishing with my dad
together again...

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Categories: tampa, dad, death, memory,
Form: Haiku
Running For My Life
A teen when Mom died

Five young brothers and sisters

Dunn supported them

Pro football player with heart

Started running for his life


Written for Brian Strand’s Ekphrasis contest. ...

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Categories: tampa, uplifting
Form: Tanka
Premium Member The Rough Riders
The U.S. was fighting against Spain over their colonial policies with Cuba,
And Asist. Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his position just to join...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tampa, history,
Form: Free verse
The Hockey Glory Between Storm and Fire - a Lightning and Canadiens Hockey Rivalry
Tampa Bay Lightning v. Montréal Canadiens
This is the real duel of the fates
The battle between two worthy opponents
The clash against two powerhouses

The Lightning are hungry...

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Categories: tampa, dedication, emotions, games, hockey,
Form: Narrative



The Hockey Battle of Respect - a Maple Leafs and Lightning Season Series
Thursday, March the 5th of the year 2015
Another hockey battle comes along the way
It's a hockey night across the bay
And for the fans, it's a...

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Categories: tampa, fun, games, hockey, march,
Form: Rhyme
The Song of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs
TYPICAL 30 - The Start of the 2013-2014 NHL Season
30 of them began their battle with hopeful beginnings
But 14 of them will have their early...

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Categories: tampa, fun, games, hockey, pride,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Football Mania Victim's Hysteria
“Woe is me,” when football season closes
Crimson Tide lost in a sea of roses
     Tampa Bucs, Tide, Seminoles
   ...

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Categories: tampa, funny, sports, football,
Form: Limerick
Life's Highway
“LIFE'S HIGHWAY” BY: TOM C. © 2014 all rights reserved
 
I’VE BEEN UP AND DOWN ALL COASTLINES, SEEN THINGS I CAN’T REPEAT,
I walked MANY PATHS...

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Categories: tampa, imagery, journey, memory, spoken
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Most Vulnerable
(Maverick Free Verse about a true life Maverick)

hey, Mr. Editor, you got it wrong
labeling Allen West as Congress’s “Most Vulnerable”
     misnomer
...

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Categories: tampa, people, warpolitical,
Form: Free verse
Destination, Naples
Destination,
         Tampa
               ...

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Categories: tampa, social, middle school,
Form: Free verse
She Talked a Lot of Nonsense
She talked a lot of nonsense

                   ...

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Categories: tampa, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Espionage
secrets began leaving the building
bar codes covered the license plate's
threats intimidation badgering
and fear meaningless arousal

I began to focus on her treason
again a righteous over reasoning
I...

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Categories: tampa, art, death, me, corruption,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Football Potpourri (A Souper Collaboration)
Switching channels, trying to stay on top
Mannings and Favre are the cream of the crop

Afraid to miss a single great play
Is this how a lady...

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Categories: tampa, sportsfootball,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Class Reunion
A football star with super speed,
Our prom king, Kyle, has gone to seed.
No longer likely to succeed,
He's out of work and hooked on weed.

Behind you's...

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Categories: tampa, change, high school, humorous,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Shattered Sighs