Retton Poems | Examples

A Golden Girl

For the first time in the history of the Olympics
Has there been someone from the U.S. at the time 
Who has won the Individual All-Around 
In an Olympics that was fully attended
That was until Carly Patterson came along 
And became a golden girl in the gymnastics world.

Yeah I know that Mary Lou Retton 
Won the All-Around title twenty years ago 
But those Games had countries to boycott them 
I’m not saying that she would have lost the gold 
Because she earned it but we’ll never truly know 
And then with Carly’s you knew that she beat the best.

That wasn’t the only medal that she won
However it was the most prestigious 
But she earned two other medals also 
Which was a team silver and an Individual silver 
And also with one other woman in gymnastics 
Became the most decorated women gymnasts in the 2004 Olympics.