Sports Limerick Poems

These Sports Limerick poems are examples of Limerick poems about Sports. These are the best examples of Limerick Sports poems written by international poets.

There was a player on our team named Rick
He hit third and was really a great stick
     When on base, he

© Bill Baker  

Creative, intelligent, some would say wise.
Beautiful with a personality twice her size.
She’d never give me a second look,
I’d just as soon sit here and read

© Bill Baker  

Eric swam in a pool of dreams 
Score and five years passed people's squeams
Contest of quick start 
Conquest of brave heart 
Standing strong with flag's

© Clifford Villalon  

       When Joe was young he had tonsilitis 
        In grade school

© Gershon Wolf  

"Okay, tell me, who's gonna be next?"
said the writer of the too-long text.
"No, please, not me," said the lean noun.
"Cut that fat verb there, two

© Rio Jansen  

Untimely was Hamilton Hicks
In making his basketball picks.
He knew it all well,
How each bracket fell,
But always too late with his clicks.

© Jerrold Prothero  

A vaulter, reportedly French,
thought earning a medal a cinch.
Though they won’t divulge
the size of his bulge,
he lost by much more than an inch.

© Jeff Kyser  

We laud the sports G. O. A. T. ‘s,
the “Greatest of all Time” who please
    us fans with their skills.
  

© Janice Canerdy  

“Politics is a contact sport” —Steve Chabot
It ain't over 'till it's over   —Yogi Berra

Loug And Doug

Pleasant gentlemen both, broad shouldered and tall
Good sports

© Robert Gorelick  

victorias medals swim

great nations athletic whim

a mantle displays

the greatest of days

ode to an olympic hymn.

© Richard Breese  

     Danny Diver is no belly-flopper
     Only this time his dive came a-cropper 

   

© Gershon Wolf  

I sat, uninspired, in my condo. 
When on TV, no routine John Doe 
Flew above a balloon 
And then over the moon, 
That amazing pole

© David Crandall  

Special child triumphs midst physical zest
Expressing his love with warm gestures’ best
As his hugs and embrace
Reign over wheelchair race
Making him the winner in running test!

In

© Beata Agustin  

He wanted to drive a racecar-
a deed that would make him a star.
His friends would say wow-
and Mom, praise avow
for scoring top level- bizarre!

Now flashing

© Sandra Haight  

   My gambler friend was addicted to sports
   He’d place bets on which golfer’d wear shorts
     He

© Gershon Wolf