Sport Prose Poems

by sun-kissed shoreline 
patiently I cast my line
waiting for a catch


Fishing was my family’s go-to, inexpensive recreational sport.  Many weekends were spent at 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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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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“The songs are casual and careless in a satisfying way, like the used condom your latest lover left lying on your bedroom floor, a souvenir...

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The spring on the door reverberates. Freedom of the outdoors, a chill in Spring air. Minecraft becomes an imaginary sport. Boys swinging wooden branches -...

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For most animals of the wild,  life is all about the next meal and raising their young. For a few horses, it's a sport,...

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Correct English
Impeccable grammar
Polite manners
How can you beat this package?

Responsible
Respectful
Kind
Cooperative
Empathetic
A great sport

A total leadership package
Ready to unleash into the world
If you live in another country you...

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To snatch away those halcyon days
Under false pretenses of defense
To shatter your own convictions
Or to be so deluded by them

Recreate the world as you always...

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It's said 100 million Americans watched the Superbowl, which like a religious event is held on Sunday. I wonder if 100 million Americans have ever...

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My job was to set up ten mentors for my children at my school. I set up sixteen.
The training was after school yesterday and thirteen...

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What do you do? Fine - I'll mention other things,
In Jo"burg, the expats were bored - went to
a roundabout and drove around, disgraceful,
don't you play...

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Road Kill

We all have done it & noticed it
Yet only a few of us admit it
We run right in front of a lively squirrel
Then we...

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Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced....

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In 1958 Elmer's was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town...

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When I was a child,
summer at my Aunt Joanne’s
meant staying out as late as it took the sun to set!
And mostly with my cousin Chris,
I...

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