Sports Cinquain Poems

Snow, cold
Death of some plants
Animals hibernate
Snow sports; be careful, avalanche
White outs.


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Golf is
a 'umbling game
It's all in the mind,just
One swing away from a problem
hiding....

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Fishing
In the farm pond
Large catch of small bluegills
Toss them back for the small-mouth bass
Feeding

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written July 23, 2021...

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uses courage, 
throwing solid punches 
without letup being famous 
fighter....

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A Modern Cinquain


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with clinch
of teeth, a clench
of fist, straining to flinch,
the sail inched up, on tug of winch,
a cinch...

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waiting
for completion
semis are halves endured,
bisecting your longing wait for 
for wholes...

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Golf is
a 'umbling game
It's all in the mind,just
One swing away from a problem
hiding....

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Defense. 
He left them there,
flyin' cross the green grass
like a hare shot from a cannon
to SCORE!...

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Moorland
mist rising
over gritstone tors
Climbers exposed on sheer
Edges...

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He glides 
his skates swishing 
in a flurry of ice, 
caressing with slow movements; mere 
foreplay. 

Silence 
compels the crowd 
disguises excitement
Great expectations fill the...

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Football
Fingers grip against
Over the line, he did it
touchdown...

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Silence
On green field lie,
Goalpost lonely, forlorn -
Yellow jerseys, darting figures,
Strike goal....

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Crunch, Crunch.
Leaves heralding
Brown forms ghosting through oaks.
Pulse quickens, hands sweat, try to breathe.
Showtime....

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boxer
quick youth
roping doping dropping
the one armed ghost
champion...

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