Fun Marathon Poetry Inspired by Robert Burns
...Quiet as a mousie studying the route
Praying proper prep is not in vain
The best laid plans of marathoners
Might lead to disarray
Race day ending in grief and pain
At the expense o...
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Categories:
marathoners, fun, inspiration, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Fun Marathon Poetry Inspired By Basho
...water puddle
marathoners running
soaked sneakers squishing...
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Categories:
marathoners, fun, inspiration, poets,
Form: Haiku
How To Use Condom
...Grandmas I teach how to suck eggs:
Marathoners long use of legs,
Soon hurting Enlightened People;
Might sooner unleash a ripple;
What would she say: The Western World?
Possibly, a heart is now g...
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Categories:
marathoners, health, humanity, love, people,
Form: Rhyme
Watching the Marathon
...One block from my apartment
Is the 18-mile mark
Where the runners pass from 10 a.m.
Until it’s way past dark.
I love to join the cheering throngs
Lined up along the street,
Who clap and shout...
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Categories:
marathoners, new york, race,
Form: Rhyme
God Robbed the Grave
...“We can’t change the cards
The cards we’ve been handed
All our lives been let down
Let down and abandoned
Everyone looking out for themselves
With poor intentions on the road
Lost integrity ...
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Categories:
marathoners, anxiety, care, celebration, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
My Rhyming's Inane
...Ho-hum, another poem
Need a rhyme -- Carpe diem
Some ask why...tra-la-la
Ordered pizza cooked by Lisa
I was a poet, but then I blew it
Cursed my editor; it didn't matter
'Cos now I'm ...
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Categories:
marathoners, nonsense, silly, word play,
Form: Light Verse
The Olympics
...The gymnasts and swimmers all move ‘round
The trick is not to slip on the ground
Some swim like fish
Some fly and swish
And to the podium they are bound!
The marathoners burn up the track
The...
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Categories:
marathoners, sports,
Form: Limerick
The All Sufficient God
...God knows us better than anyone
even we don't know ourselves like God
so can He solve all our problems?
after all He has a mighty sharp sword
Remember that God is all sovereign
can do anything...
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Categories:
marathoners, bible, god, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Terror In Boston
...Marathoners crossing the finish line
Bomb blast takes to the air
Wounding hundreds of spectators
Killing three
Terrorist attacks here and there
This time in Boston
Where next?
Nobody knows
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Categories:
marathoners, evil
Form: Prose Poetry
Stragglers
...I watched the runners racing by,
The leaders like gazelles;
And hours later came the stragglers
In their living hells.
The early racers had the crowds
All cheering their support.
For those still chu...
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Categories:
marathoners, introspection, people, sports,
Form: Rhyme