Sport Growing Up Poems
These Sport Growing Up poems are examples of Growing Up poems about Sport. These are the best examples of Growing Up Sport poems written by international poets.
Growing Up
If I knew one thing as I was growing up,
it was wrapped in two words: 'Love and Security'.
I never felt threatened or exhibited fear of...
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Categories:
growing up, america, boy, childhood, home,
Vanilla Puddingnobody sees you the way I do
in your wheelchair
with your unopenable arms
where everything crashes to a gray twisted landscape
my brother
alpha male
of demon strut clashes
in our...
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Categories:
growing up, angst, bullying, caregiving, child
Champions Hold Their Heads HighCoach Carter: "Basketball is a privilege." Learning self-respect is a key to being better and achieving more.
Sport makes a huge difference for people around the...
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Categories:
growing up, children, education, encouraging, growing
As Good As Your AttitudeI played sport with a boy my own age,
his older brother was talented in an obvious way,
He saw his brother thought that’ll be...
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Categories:
growing up, football, for teens, growing
Response To Rude DartsKeep me blocked, you cowardly wench,
Provoking but allowing no fair retort
Considering the Soup like killer sport,
Where the star is relegated to the bench.
While you continue...
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Categories:
growing up, anti bullying, endurance, growing
Drunk At FourteenI wondered home one night with the stars,
With my kingly rugby shirt on encompassing,
My blue Bec 40 electric wheelchair, no bars,
Which I...
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Categories:
friend, growing up, life,
When I Was LittleWHEN I WAS LITTLE
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
When I was little everyone was old or tall
An innocence that spiraled into free fall
Most everything then was black or...
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Categories:
growing up, allusion, analogy, confidence, feelings,
AdulthoodAdulthood
A big “Mazel Tov” to the bride and groom
Blushing and sweating, each smiling face
Loud, hearty cheers go up across the room
Here’s two new contestants for...
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Categories:
america, growing up, marriage,
Let's Hear ItDuring my time at high school
I never once broke any rule
I was quiet and shy
Didn’t flirt with a guy
Even if I thought he was cool
I...
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Categories:
growing up, humorous, school,
Drugs and HugsDRUGS AND HUGS!!
Drugs in Sport, Teens on drugs,
Does society give them too many hugs?
Bullying and drug deals,
Dealers are a bunch of heels,
Teens lost to 'the...
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Categories:
growing up, abuse, addiction, bullying, growing
The WhittlersThe Whittlers
The stately county courthouse was their usual meeting place,
a columned Greek Revival, and a lovely public space.
They sat upon their benches under lofty pecan...
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Categories:
growing up, nostalgia,
Moments In TimeThe sweetest sounds of burning trees
A gentle stroking in the breeze
The calm has lasted past the storm
Cloudy visions, Satan’s roar
Too many sights have passed my...
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Categories:
growing up, adventure, animal, art, beauty,
Here All History ShadesMy history beckons like the Prairies
Dry towns. Cute and fierce,
Fearless and enslavement,
As the likeness on the Platte,
The Powder, the Niobrara,
the Tongue, the Snake,
The Yellowstone,...
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Categories:
grief, growing up, hate,
'man' - Part IiI had a cat that marked his territory right
into our TV – fried the whole thing
But I will not graffiti my alleyways with
crude phalli,
Spewing armchair...
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Categories:
father, growing up, life,
Teenswalking down the hall, seeing all your peers
having all these hopes, having all these fears
how to wear you hair, how to make time...
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Categories:
growing up,