Sports Sonnet Poems
These Sports Sonnet poems are examples of Sonnet poems about Sports. These are the best examples of Sonnet Sports poems written by international poets.
Bull Riding SonnetYou see the young man settle in the gate,
helmet on his head, armor on his chest,
the big, gray bull rustles, showing his hate,
they call him...
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Categories:
america, animal, anxiety, crazy,
When We Idolized
~ A Sonnet in Iambic Tetrameter ~
Remember when we idolized
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Shoeless Joe ...
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Categories:
celebrity, hero, loss, sports,
Spring Skiing SonnetThe sun beats brighter than it did last month,
with mercury up in the low forties,
my time is running out for winter fun,
March is such a...
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Categories:
imagery, light, seasons, sports,
Bye Bye Fat MeI can’t believe it’s really me
Waist to head, I’m a Christmas tree
From this fat, I’ll never be free
A healthy life I’ll never see
I gained a...
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Categories:
addiction, body, change, food,
Cheer more than chase the ball
Here are a handful of hysteric men
That seem to run random in rationed time,
To pour sweat whatso be the reigning clime,
Chasing the ball...
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Categories:
football, sports,
Natural Snow SonnetIt comes from the sky, white, powdery gifts,
upsets may, but gets us vibrating,
we call in from work, get cover for shifts,
no way we are not...
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Categories:
imagery, light, seasons, snow,
Snowmaking SonnetTwo rust-red tubes running up the hillside,
by the wood's edge, hidden just in the trees,
they have water, and compressed air inside,
pumped up the mountain to...
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Categories:
fun, light, nature, seasons,
College-League Baseball SonnetSmall stadium built in the late forties,
minor-league once, but has been left behind,
built with girders and backless, wooden seats,
a local relic of an older time.
The...
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Categories:
america, appreciation, baseball, imagery,
SummerHigh-spirited sports car enthusiasts, burning rubber
and speeding in the wind. Motorcycle lovers, making
high-sounding noises. Birds singing by day; crickets
by night. Fight off the mosquitoes, wasps,...
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Categories:
summer,
In the HeatI won a chess game in the heat, they say that
chess players are nerds, like Robert the rat,
he comes into my garden, can't escape my...
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Categories:
games, health, sports,
Ski-Racer SonnetSitting astride a frozen mountainside,
eighty others waiting their turn to go,
on the slope blue and red gates a path scribe,
a man says, “racer ready;” so...
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Categories:
senses, snow, sports, winter,
Mucked Up MoonErroneous mirror scatters his face
Mills his skin into thin porous powder
...
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Categories:
11th grade, childhood, moving
Once Upon a Time In Hong KongAway the land of the flame tree blossoms
Orient blown athwart a yellow moon,
to hearken the far sound of dragon drums
and ride...
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Categories:
adventure, sports, travel,
Centurion
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, gathered in awe
to watch The Master and his name exhort,
and at the crease blazoned a century score
...
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Categories:
sports,
Leopards Loose In the DomainOut of a neon jungle the big cats prowl
the wind in the willows unrecovered,
for when the cats and wind begin to howl
...
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Categories:
friend, games, sports,