If you want to participate
in the pool events
at the Olympic rings
you literally have to be
right in the swim of things
and you really ought
to be on top of things
if the balance beam
is your sport
or if it's high jump hurdles
or pole vault
you should get over them
to a fault
the Olympic rings were created
giving athletes wings
by Charles Pierre de Frédy Baron de Coubertin
dubbing him 'Lord of the Rings'
OLYMPICS ESCAPE
AROUND THE FLAG, WE CAN DRAPE
A WINTER LANDSCAPE
SWEDES MAKE A BIG SQUAWK
THE CURLING WORLD IS IN SHOCK
CANADA SAYS CROCK
Watching the Olympics
Does provide the perfect view
Of athletes doing all the things
You couldn’t ever do.
A triple axel or a quad,
A backflip or a grab
On skis or skates or snowboards,
No one with an ounce of flab.
Whether skeleton or bobsleigh,
Curling, hockey, Nordic, luge,
Every type of competition
Highlights skills not short of huge.
So it’s nice to eat some popcorn
And relax, in from the cold,
With the TV turned to Italy
And races for the gold.
To marvel at competitors
And hear their praises sung
For the feats beyond your talents,
Even back when you were young.
NBC MUTE BOO
MANY VIEWERS HAD NO CLUE
BUT JD VANCE KNEW
My friends watched the two-man bobsled,
but I was filled with foreboding and dread,
and troubles weighed heavily on my mind.
My TV premiums were way behind.
So, the only thing I could see, instead
was a snowman skiing without a head.
He said that in odd years he's fat,
He can't be Olympian in that.
In years that are not,
He can't find the spot,
Or else he'd have gold by the vat.
Charming feline with airs of graceful nobility
Agile this slender olympian contender
Tomfoolery being its main specialty
AP: 3rd place 2025, Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on April 29, 2025 for contest ACROSTIC AGILITY sponsored by OLIVER MCKEITHAN - RANKED 3RD
Visiting some family,
We sit and watch TV,
But mostly it’s a show or movie
I don’t want to see.
Today, though, the Olympics
Kept me smiling and content
With a level of excitement
Worth the hours that we spent.
Though it’s nice to see my sister,
Aunt and cousins, truth be told,
It is sweeter while we watch the U.S,
Going for the gold.
if you wonder whether you should write to anyone,
always do;
you'll be surprised at the difference it can make
i regret not doing it more often myself
The Olympics
The Olympics
Are in Full Swing
And the World's
Absolute Best:
-Always Win!-
But I'll
Bet Ya'
Somebody Somewhere...
Could BEAT Them
*******ALL*******
Without Even Trying!!!
Now is
THAT FAIR!?!
Come On.
-Gray Squirrel
08-01-2024
france hosting olympics....opening ceremony sacreligious
a drag queen last supper scene....a hurting breach against my
precious christ
Israel managed to slaughter
a child every ten minutes
The Zionist Gold Medal Award
If you have not heard
Israel assassinated hundreds of the Free Press
Another Zionist Gold Medal Award
IDF soldiers confessed to killing for sport
To relieve their boredom on the slaughter field
Gold, Silver and Bronze, compassion meaningless
Two men have my attention
Hazel hearts rise like orange sunshine
Even my favorite songs mention
Situation where true love resides
Images of me with the first king
The one who’s been waiting 4 years
Unfortunately another kente king
Appreciates me but is not near
Turquoise time will denim design
Intimate test of hearts and minds
Olympics of lavender lovers
Needing one more than the other
they stood at the starting crease
poised for the gun to be fired,
hundred meters to run and ease
then that gold that heart desired!
morning sun set their skin aglow,
flags of nations with hopes raised,
black, white, all body shades we know,
pride of event, differences erased!
9 seconds at best is all might take,
winners, losers in fractions of scale,
how a few seconds can a winner make,
with years training, some yet may fail!
Life is a long race that we all run
that often starts with our own cry,
there is no gold when it is all done,
a few tearful thoughts at final good bye!
Life’s race is not a race at all,
should you really think about it,
time bound journey of body and soul
wisdom gained at fate’s gambit.
I travel alone, have no one to defeat,
If you want to win, just pass me by,
at final rest, one day we shall meet,
no winners or losers, we did all try!!
Written 18/06/2023
rhyme
Syllable counts from 7 to 10.
Not for any competetion- there is no race!
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