Sport People Poems

Watching people like it’s sport
Amber smile the winning sort
Lovely lips repeat a joke
Laughs on cue as you hope
Fuchsia fears hidden well
Looking for exit despite sitting...

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Lovely people and angry people

This afternoon, in Lisbon, a charming march about saving the Sobreiro- tree, about 300 people gathered 
under the shade of the...

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I missed out on the movie star
but I met an American hero.
Oh how humble the paratrooper of yesteryear.
When I thanked him for his service, he...

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People and Clowns

People laugh at clowns
for entertainment and sport
because clowns are fools
who laugh at them in return
because they mimic people....

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Rea A Houseman's 'Twicea Week'
of verse about sport you seek
Footbl(soccer) &cricket too
alwyes good to fecite&view...

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I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values
plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders...

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Some people never get beyond
The basics with a skill
Although, with years of practice
You would think they’d learn the drill.

No matter what it is – the...

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A quiet room
Darkened shades
My own cocoon
The chatter fades

The questions cease
The guilt subsides
The need to please
And pacify

The ebb and flow
Are in my court
Too soon, they’ll go
It’s...

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The Horse.

A horse gives joy to everyone,
By those that ride them just for fun.

There are others that race them, a quarter mile,
and those that do...

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The Church of Presidents
By Franklin Price
06/02/2020

Saint John's, near the White House, is the church of Presidents
Rioters tried to burn it, at least that's how the...

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...Steel Hands leapt to the ropes to celebrate,
what a dramatic comeback victory!
cried out his joy while pumping his fists,
right there for the whole audience to...

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When Freedom Grows Cold
(not a nice poem)

One day the dogs will not bark. 
I/we will not be ready, 
as they will have failed...
to do all...

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"Oh, dear.  The poor deer --
   shot by a poor hunter," they cry
And I truly agree with their "Why
   should...

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They look through me never really see me
Without a shred of decency choosing to avoid me
Their disdainful stare turning to a glare 
Offer their backs...

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Dear sport people, folks who love to hit and kick balls, 
You and I are different in so many ways.
I don’t need cheering applause, awards...

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