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Sheffield Poems - Poems about Sheffield

Premium Member How Many In The Four Tops?
...I may be gormless And it may be true But just how many were there In the band? I forgot So I'm asking you? Their beautiful music is a gift to me And a part of my life growing up And made my ......

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Categories: sheffield, appreciation, celebration, celebrity, class,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fog
...On misty road Not quite yet dark The landscape growls No warning bark Be vigilant As hidden here Inside your mind Uncaptured fear They roam outside To trap, ensnare Grey blanket h......

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Categories: sheffield, car, fantasy, fear,
Form: Rhyme



Bayonet
...Long bayonet, blood channel Breaks suction to pull loose After the thrust and twist so it is Quickly ready for its next use. Lovingly polished, honed and whet Of finest steel, Sheffield made A......

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Categories: sheffield, betrayal, conflict, depression, hate,
Form: Rhyme
A Woman of Her Times, Part I
...She was born as Holly Clarkson in the year 1993, and for most of her early days she lived life uneventfully. She grew up outside of London, went to uni and married well, had her first kid at ......

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Categories: sheffield, adventure, age, children, history,
Form: Epic
96 Reasons - Hillsborough
...96 fans awoke that day travelled to Sheffield to see their heroes play 96 had tickets for Leppings Lane 96 never returned home again 96 people packed in, gasping for breath praying for life......

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Categories: sheffield, football,
Form: Free verse



Ian Sagar
...At the age of 17 Ian broke his back, In a motorbike accident, had rehab, He then worked for a w/c company, Who showed him w/c basketball fab. For 3 years he played in the club, Of the She......

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Categories: sheffield, basketball, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Phil Pratt
...Phil is a Welshman from Cardiff, basketball, Who plays for the club the Sheffield Steelers, On the 2nd February 1994 he was born tall, And wears vest 11 for TeamGB, has feelers. His classificat......

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Categories: sheffield, basketball, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain
Ross Wilson
...Ross holidayed as a kid once at Center Parcs, Where he first played the sport of table tennis, And he loved it so much ‘cos he was so good, That a member of staff remarked on his ability. H......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
David Wetherill
...David started playing table tennis, At the age of ten in his local club, Where his dad worked as a coach, And where his brother played him. He was born with a bone disorder, Rare Multiple ......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Aaron Mckibbin
...Aaron was born with club foot, But had corrective surgery cool, So played tennis until aged 14, When he changed to table tennis. Very soon after, at the age of 16, He tried out for Paralymp......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Will Bayley
...Will won the table tennis at Rio, And celebrated this great victory, By instantly jumping on the table, With his arms stretched both sides. For this he got the yellow card, From a lines j......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse
Stephanie Slater
...A Games Maker at London’s Paralympics 2012, Stephanie used to be a competitor able-bodied, In the Great Britain team, mind on the Olympics, Even tho’ since 11 her eyes were bad, crummier. On......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength, water,
Form: Blank verse
James Crisp
...James was very disappointed at fourth place, In his final at Rio when he swum in 1:05:01, “My arms just felt like lead down that 2nd 50m”: He’s been to four Paralympics, many Worlds. With 12......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Grace Clough
...Grace was born with Erb’s Palsy, it's a nerve condition, Which means she struggles with her arm and shoulder, But now she’s a rower LTA mixed cox four, Paralympian, Coming from Sheffield, train......

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Categories: sheffield, sports, strength, water,
Form: Quatrain
James Blackwell
...Sometimes if you have mild Cerebral Palsy, You don't ever need to admit that you have it, ‘Cos it's not obvious, only you feel the tension, In your arm, your hand or face, so you bliss it. ......

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Categories: sheffield, football, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme

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