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Hoops Poems - Poems about Hoops

Hoops Poems - Examples of all types of poems about hoops to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for hoops.
Premium Member An interview with a Cherub
... Welcome, Soupers, to our special segment today. We have a very unique guest with us - a cherub! Yes, you heard that right. Please give a warm welcome to our celestial friend, Calvin. Calv......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, fun,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Lily Petal
...Lily-petal was the quintessential female ringmaster She commanded her animals to be super phenomenal They did not let her down Her monkeys would run around the circus stealing caps The children......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Speak Your Mind, But Ride A Fast Horse
...That be cold sun rose yonder, our heads be hot, I'd declare, I'll get Whitey my critter, worked all night, best she nicker. 'Bout saddlin' her real tight, or I'll headlong out of sight, I ......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, analogy, animal, appreciation, best
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Our World of Yesterday
... Petal-pushers and hula hoops ‘Greasy Kid Stuff’ – smear on the goop Baseball card gum that tastes like rubber That amazing stuff called ‘flubber’ Dino the Dinosaur and th......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, fun, games, nostalgia, today,
Form: Couplet
The last hula hoop
...Let me have the last look at you before you do the final “hula hoop.” Let me have the final look at you before try on your new shoes. Some sizes just don't fit; you have got to hold on to the grit. ......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, appreciation, best friend, creation,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Story of the Lopsided Boy
...Born into a world with only one hand to hold Delivered by eyes impassive to his existence cold fingers brought no warmth to his welcome While no strength held him high. The yearning in his eyes ......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, boy, fate, sorrow,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Snake
...The snake slips through its own ribs. It surges away accelerating within its length, a self-winding mind pumped through muscular hoops. A sharpshooting tongue flicks, drilli......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, poetry,
Form: Free verse
HOLY HOOPS
...HOLY HOOPS In the court of Hades, the spirits wailed, Satan's clutches seemed to have prevailed. But then descended Jesus, bold and true, With a ball in hand, signifying victory for me & you, ......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member jmaa el-fnaa
... hold still … eventide - I am a capricious cad among wraiths waltzing with a mop in a Marrakesh courtyard - catching stars as they drip with waxy and wild wonder into the braids of my maudli......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, analogy, city, imagery, travel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Bad Trip
... Every day, same routine out of bed, in the latrine Cup'a'joe, out the door I go Work's a bad trip, but I owe Phony-smile time: 'How was your weekend' ('Still datin......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, death, freedom, life, work,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Recovery Isn't Just for Addicts
...Becoming the prey I’m melting away like a 5 foot wick To show a skeleton of who was once the author Now the pencil tips break and the pens ink tends to escape My eyelids worked overtime as haza......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, angst, devotion, emotions, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member War - a Dead Loss
...How many soldiers lie silent and dead How many mothers and wives live in dread How many daughters and sons cry in bed How many fathers have tears they can’t shed Despots, dictators and terroris......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, war,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Halloween Party
...ITs another Halloween There are groups walking the street Looking happy with themselves And their stash from trick or treat We’ve got toffees by the door And a bag of lollipops I’ve tape......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, fun, halloween, humorous, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Blood Waves
...Heated by sun and rock a mottled snake licks the morning air. Last night, stones were its eyes, a blood-chill had frozen the flavor and flicker of tongue and taste. The daylight i......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Neighborhood Gang
...My Neighborhood Gang Colorful drapes hung alongside of my narrow window A small one/bedroom apt. my first - from delivery of newspapers overlooking a park - past a spider web - made by a black w......Read the rest...
Categories: hoops, community,
Form: Free verse

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