Short Hoops Poems

Hoops
in Spring,
tops in May-
skipping ropes for
play....

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nothing but net
skins over the shirts
are we playing again?...

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Mr. LeBron James
The King of Hoops
   No Big Deal
   On Poetry Soup...

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Border
guard hoops
and hedgehog balls;
striking flamingos; painted-rose
walls...

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A woman twirling 
Like a dervish
Hula hoops rotating 
Around her chest and waist



Date written and posted: 04/12/2016...

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Sir Patrick Henry
Saw America in a quandary
Shook the house by its boots
After ten years of jumping hoops

~*~...

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He thinks my tractor's sexy
I wear gold hoops and pink clogs
My hat's quite floppy
My furrow set to sow
He thinks my tractor's sexy
and I bounce around for him....

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Okay youse guys, here's the scoop
To honour my friends here on the Soup
To one and all
I've had a ball
You make me feel like jumping through hoops...

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That Carabao advert grabs the screen
one jumps through many hoops to just log out
I know not what ad may really mean
but something so obrtrusive I'll live without....

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Leaves bright
A wonderful sight
Brisk walks
Family talks
Hot soup
Balls and hoops
Warm socks
Turn back clocks
Hay rides
Kites glide
These are the feelings,
I never confide....

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Take me back to an innocent day
  when hula hoops and roller skates held sway

Pop-tarts, Hostess cupcakes, snowballs and twinkies
  girls played with dolls, and boys with slinkies...

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Another new friend here on the Soup
Is Mo, for her I'd jump through hoops
Lives in our capital
She's still quite rational
Couriered her way into my heart... no poop!...

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Gotta jump through hoops to renew CalFresh
...but-- it is worth it-- to nourish my flesh! :D



May 8, 2023
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Couplet Poetry Contest sponsored by: Sotto Poet...

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Would like to thank all my friends on the Soup
For all you sweet guys, I'd jump through hoops
No matter the country
Moods always sunny
Makes every single day as happy as poop...

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My bestest of friends are here on the Soup
Friends to the end, I'd even jump through hoops
If they asked me
Probably fall, yes siree
Sure hope in my dungarees I'd surely not poop!...

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I know a nice lady who lives in Beirut
She's very popular here on The Soup
A soft kind of soul
My heart she once stole
If asked she would jump through hoops

© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Acclaim and fame
sudden
as a March wind,
so quickly
               fade..
pale
      under scrutiny
on closer inspection:
gilded hoops
through which
to jump,
into
the bracket
of
real life...

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Got some really good friends here on The Soup
You know for youse guys, I'd jump through hoops
It's not a surprise
Some have great thighs
Do I mean guys or gals? Kinda partial to boobs!...

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Love all you ladies here on the Soup
Irrespective of age, whatta sweet group
Daughters are like some
To all I succumb
If I could, I'd surely jump through hoops


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life
So start out beaming, it's a very small price
Jumping through hoops
Smelling parrot poop
And the finer things in life like torturing mice...

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life
So start out beaming, it's a very small price
Jumping through hoops
Smelling parrot poop
And the finer things in life like torturing mice...

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Whatta bunch of friends I have here on the Soup
You guys are the best, you make me happy as poop
A day without poetry
Is a day wasted totally
Feel like skipping like a fairy through hoops...

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Balerethon

A flying
Saucer
A baloney
Sandwich
Dancing
To
The
Tick
Of
Your
Clock
Alien
Stepping
Proudly
Gracefully
Through
The
Hoops
Of 
Brooklyn
Night
Morning
Liftoff
Leftoff
Dream...

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My word tigers I train with chair in hand
and meter's whip. Good syntax I require,
true spelling, decent rhythm - I demand
they jump iambically through hoops of fire.

An excerpt of the sonnet "Taming Tigers"...

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Steph Curry is taking hoops to a whole new level,
Say the rabid Oaktown fans as they revel.
The way he throws it in the hole
from downtown off a pick and roll
Makes me wonder if he's signed on with the Devil......

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