Collingwood, Oh Collingwood
...In the heart of Melbourne's bustling streets,
Lies a club where every footy fan meets.
Black and white, their colors fly,
A magpie's pride, soaring high.
Collingwood, oh Collingwood,
Where dre...
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Categories:
handball, football, poems, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Even When I Win I Lose
...Sitting here in an adult diaper,
‘cancer free’ I’m told. Thumbing through
a booklet of kegel exercises
for men, this.
After nine long years, in and out of
specialist offices, batting around my...
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Categories:
handball, cancer,
Form: Free verse
This Beach Without Palm Trees
...This beach without shady palm trees
is the chosen playground of harsh winds,
its sand is drier than the Sarah's desert;
nobody lays on a blanket to soak up sunshine,
not even kids play handball s...
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Categories:
handball, adventure, beach, emotions, peace,
Form: Rhyme
In the Lord Line Building
...There's a feeling of sadness
Mixed with a wistful awe
As we pick our careful way
Across a rubble strewn floor.
An eerie sort of half light,
As though hiding from the day,
Hiding our history unt...
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Categories:
handball, change, fishing, memory, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Bottoms Up
...At a sports event in Europe*
Norway got a hefty fine
For their players were competing
In some shorts that crossed the line.
For the only proper bottoms
Are bikinis, so the crowd
Gets a peek ...
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Categories:
handball, beach, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Syria My Lovely
...Syria, my lovely
Asma al-Assad, the wife of the president in Syria
her crime is to be married to Bashir al- Assad.
Since the president of Syria is sitting pretty, they had to find a softer ...
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Categories:
handball, absence, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Let the Foxes In and Shut the Villians Out
...Foxes found themselves at home
In a match they could dial in by phone
A villain came into their midst
Trying to cure themselves from the bottom half EPL cyst
Noted as the visiting team the vi...
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Categories:
handball, confidence, england, football, good
Form: Rhyme
Footle Balls
...******
you bet
in debt
world cup
shut up
score goal
big hole
whistle
missile
fans fight
not right
refs rule
you fool
corner
warner
handball
false call
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Categories:
handball, football,
Form: Footle
Innocent of the Racket
...I was strolling to the entrance of the Barley Tavern,
when I was passed at quite a rate by angry Billy Brown.
He’s mumbling and cursing before he kicked the Tavern cat,
and blamed it as the reason...
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Categories:
handball, humor,
Form: Rhyme
My Garden of Joy
...I remember, I remember my garden of joy,
It gave me great happiness when I was a boy
At the bottom of the garden was a delightful stream,
When alone, I would sit beside it, meditate and dream.
In...
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Categories:
handball, poetry,
Form: ABC
Football, Volleyball, Baseball --- a Nonsensical Poem
...Football, volleyball, baseball, softball,
Racquetball, handball, basketball, hardball. . . .
There're lots of sports in the world you play with a ball,
And you can't play any of them if you're ...
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Categories:
handball, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
My Garden of Joy
...I remember, I remember my garden of joy,
It gave me great happiness when I was a boy ...
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Categories:
handball, poetry,
Form: ABC
Kintu
...We called him kintu
He had a way with girls
He was a handball player
Kintu had a sway with words
We called him kintu
Kintu ever running after girls
Never staying with one for long
Kintu had ...
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Categories:
handball, growing up, high school,
Form: Blank verse
One Liners6,7,8,9,10
...1. How can we wear jeans to cover our skin, if our skin is made of genes?
2. If football is played with the hands is handball played with the feet?
3. Poetry and Gymnastics are holding hands be...
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Categories:
handball, humorous, word play,
Form: Monoku
Another Summer In Nyc
...I am reminded of songs by the Beach Boys
who sang of idyllic summers
The city beaches are with
lifeguards to protect those in danger
The asphalt homeland
is filled with tourists
and I also no...
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Categories:
handball, beach, summer, urban,
Form: Ballad
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