Short Tournament Poems

With his arms on knees steadies his lance
Searching for breath gives him a glance...

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The crowds heads moved left 
To right- following the ball-
                    'Till it hit the floor....

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Sidney Lawlor 'The Tournament'

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             wimbledon...

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Tanka/Senryu

Football playoffs, post- holiday sales
Ocean breezes, surfers.
Golf tournament, balmy weather
State employee pushes wrong button
Incoming ballistic missile scare....

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FIFA World Cup 
most prestigious tournament-
all eyes on Russia






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...

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girls basketball games
Iowa is serious
watched more than the boys
the whole state turns out for it
girls basketball games
grandmas and mothers see selves
as they watch their ruthless cubs...

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That’s why I’m not too discouraged
at Farragut’s poor performance at
this weekend’s Scholars’ Bowl tournament
for those who beat us were
memorizing lists of important names
rather than putting
themselves on the list...

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Tigers of babylon draw tight
Power atlas at its brazen right
Strings and limbs, we can use these things

Explosive hips happen in flight
But all that grasps stays in sight
From shoulder to core declaration 
On this mat we make a firm statement...

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Many tennis teams, come to our valley
It is rumored they "volley" with Sally

All those balls in one court
She will have to resort
To a scorekeeper's card to keep tally !!





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For Roy's Contest: Bawdy No. II 6/16/14...

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Let’s win the racquetball tournament Carlie said.
What she meant was “let ME win the racquetball tournament”.
My girl-next-door-charms usually hides my super competitive spirit.
This time was like all of the others.
When I won she stopped speaking to me.
No big loss....

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A new form of chess she said.
We are checking your strategies.
You may only choose one piece.
This sounded insane, but it was their tournament.
Okay, I will take the queen I told her. 
My opponent thought he would one up me by taking the king.
I wish him luck winning now since I have no king to take....

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Thunderbolt, thunderclap!

   Tonight, somewhere above the overcast sky,
   the gods hold an open bowling tournament;
   the earth shudders, then violently trembles
   as gigantic balls crash, roll and roar overhead,
   barreling noisily down titanic bowling alleys,
   exploding, blasting away at colossal tenpins!

Thunderclap, thunderbolt!...

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You have to roll a six,
With four dices on the board.

The odds are not in your favor,
Playing a big game of chance.

Critics are saying it’s impossible,
But you still play in the tournament.

Self-discipline increases the luck,
Determination reduces the risk.

Regardless the outcome of the game,
A dream is better pursued than left alone....

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Lofty sorts tenement;
Residential entitlements;
Homeward bound ;
Lost in town,
Logistics Irving bound;
 Summers call;
Legitimate hall;
Tournament crawl;
No mortgage though;
No rent termites eating bossa wood;
Lying on rough wet papered floor;
a homeless man lives alone and a cardboard boxed home! 


8/30/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Thunderbolt!
Thunderclap!

   Tonight, 
   somewhere above 
   the overcast sky,
   the gods hold 
   an open bowling
   tournament.

   The earth 
   shudders, then 
   violently trembles
   as gigantic balls 
   crash, roll and roar 
   overhead,

   barreling noisily 
   down titanic 
   bowling alleys,
   exploding, blasting 
   away at colossal 
   tenpins!

Thunderclap!
Thunderbolt!

....

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Any bowler will achieve notoriety and fame
if he or she bowls a perfect three hundred game.
To be a certified hero or heroine of the day,
achieve that feat during tournament play.
It takes a great deal of concentration,
and you must have solid determination.
Just take the ball and let it go.
You need twelve consecutive strikes in a row.
Everyone agrees that is not easy to do.
If you ever bowled one, then good for you!
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Joined a blowing team
We bowled once a week
Practised, practised all week
Big tournament coming soon
All my team mates members
Had gotten the high scores
I tried to do the same
To get a strike wasn't easy
Sometimes three pins fall
Then I would get a gutter
          ball
The tournament begins 
All teams ready to win
Each team taking turns
Only one team would win
It wasn't my team
My certificate said
Play Offs Champion
I was so proud...

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Cupid's Love Fire


Your Cupid's love fire, shot mi 
arrowed heart, under spell, 
where we swarm bodies, 
sensually, seductively pouring, 
adrenaline's bedded touch, 
lusciously licking, candies 
sugared, cane, velvet cake, 
beaded cloud, among the stars, 
hungered sky, rawly eating, 
distinctively, gripped, heart-to-
heart, heavily gusting wind, our 
passions tournament, never-
ending true loves honored, 
Valentin~Ed heart.... Happy 
Valentine's Day!...

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Diverticula pits up her colon                                  
Can’t eat much or intestines get swollen
Ma's farts are so stinky
She swears with her pinky
Tain’t gonna stop her from goin’ bowl’n

Ma, gran, and Fran’s bowling tournament
                                   I sat far knowing their predicament                                             
Fran’s blasts were the loudest
Best bowler and proudest
It’s never again and that’s permanent...

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