Sport Introspection Poems

The quiet brings introspection - emotions contained…those of excitement, roll-up-the sleeves, the dejection, beliefs. The empty room filled with holiday assortment. A shame to shape...

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I have never lost my zest for fun and laughter
Though long since I could jump a rope
Still enjoy the punchline remembered after

I have forgotten the...

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CORRUPTION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


Now that I’m approaching the final inning
I need to re assess the ideas I had at the beginning
I thought that if you were...

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The sore winner, bested by a gracious defeat.




22/12/18

Winners And Losers Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One...

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she gave without first asking if she may
took the sport right out of it
he yearned for the challenge



AP: 1st place 2021

Submitted on March 3, 2018...

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Time has a lot of time...!

Time has a lot of time,
in this expanse all around!
No pause in its attempts to gross,
prevailing glory abound!

Gathered wisdom of...

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WHEN 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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Receipt Please


Bar Coded, black printed lines code blue,
    scan the check, percent, percent, lost sku...

Recheck the check, second guessed, false or true,
...

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Helping the warriors of the sport,
Gleaming in high spirits even when their team is down,
Their call and dance rallies the crowd.
They are the leaders of...

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Parting with yesterday as tomorrow start,
The present saunters by, seated on a cart…
Yesterday life was on slow cattle tracks,
Tomorrow beckons as the dawn cracks;
 
Yesterday...

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Life is much more bearable
If, as I’ve sometimes found,
You can strike out negatives
And turn those vibes around.

When you’re quite together,
You can root around inside
And find...

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I’ve watched the soldier give, crimson blood,
heroic sweat, and fallen comrade tears.
I’ve pondered at the ignorance of society whose,
stated they’ve wasted days, months and years.

I’ve...

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Whilst I wither, as you wear me down,
There’ll come a day I will sport no frown.
I’ll dance for life; the trumpets will sound,
You’ll see in...

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If I were a mountain climber,
I’d always take the time
To check out superstitious lore
When choosing where to climb.

For recently an avalanche
Took several climbers’ lives.
I’m sure...

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Words of passion 
Words of joy
Words of obsession
Words to toy
Words of love 
Words of hate
Words of the heart
Words of truth before its to late
Words of...

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