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Bee InvasionThe playing had to be delayed,
(It happens, in a sport)
Though not because of rain, but bees
Around the tennis court.
It seemed a bee invasion
Caused some havoc in a match.
(There’s some video, which I’d say
Is a...
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Categories:
insect, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Tickets available"Atta Boy" Freeze Trended Ville
"Minced Meat" Pippen Musky
" The Kruel" Caul Musky
"The Team Playa" Kemp Caulspokin
"Big City" Carnival Emerson
With their manager
"Slurpy" Sam Galpecker
Of" The Famous Woodland Mascots"
To face
"The Godbout Orchestra"
"Mastro" Flutey Mozart
and
"Smooth" Lyric Cresento
With "Duellist"...
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Categories:
sports, environment, film, hip hop,
Form: Bio
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 little here and there
And now the people seem to stare
This...
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Categories:
sports, addiction, body, change, food,
Form: Sonnet
VoicesToday I was awakened by those of media,
Who loudly speak above all the rest.
Conveying thoughts that they were burdened,
...
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Categories:
football, sports,
Form: Narrative
march 17 hockey holy trinityThey're pagans on ice with wood sticks
And maximum pain each inflicts
But Saint Patrick knows
God prefers trios
Like three-leaf shamrocks and hat tricks...
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Categories:
god, hockey, humor, sports,
Form: Limerick
too much attitudeCoach Z is a formidable opponent on the football field.
In a team full of women, she stands out as aggressive.
Her coach and she have not agreed on many things.
During the school year she is also...
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Categories:
sports, women,
Form: Free verse
My BallsMy balls, bouncing on the concrete.
So bouncy they are.
I go to kick them and they travel, so far.
But then they pop, I start to cry.
Now all I want to do is go and die....
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Categories:
sports, 8th grade, arabic, body,
Form: Rhyme
The RaceThe Race
Crouch at the start,
Count down, three seconds mark.
Exhale sharp with the clap,
Creating power, push to surge.
Cutting to the bend in the first lane,
Three hundred feeling the pace.
Listening to the rhythmic heaves,
Too slow? My...
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Categories:
adventure, poetry, race, sports,
Form: Free verse
The Fitness FightResolved was I to exercise,
To utmost try to slenderize.
From flabby bod I'd poundage peel
To Grecian god beneath reveal.
But soon my straining torso frail
Becomes complaining, moaning male.
I parts exert unused for years,
Resulting hurt benumb with beers.
To...
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Categories:
sports, body, change, fantasy, health,
Form: Quatrain
Cheering for Soup and Ham
Categories:
sports, america, culture, feelings, food,
Form: Rhyme
SUPERBOWL SETUPThe Superbowl is all set-up
Who's going to get whip like a pup
I hope it's not my team
I'll have to eat sour cream
Because I wouldn't shut-up...
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Categories:
football, sports,
Form: Rhyme
vicarious gladiator syndromeThe primeval feelings they court
Are thrills from kills as a cohort
The owners are betting
That this bloodletting
Attracts all to football as sport
Author's note: A celebrity commenter attributed the NFL's recent very high ratings and financial success...
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Categories:
emotions, passion, sports, violence,
Form: Limerick
At the Wrestling MatchRough n Tumble
At the Royal Rumble!
Sparkly tights
Some funny sights!
The excited kid's face
Their new favourite place!
Young upcoming acts
Jumping around like acrobats!
Behind the scenes though
Its not all for-show..
The veteran with taped...
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Categories:
sports,
Form: Rhyme
The leopards of DRCongoCongolese leopards,
As Congolese national soccer
team which calls " Leopards "
won the Egyptian national
team which calls" pharaohs"
in African national cup,
millions of Congolese were excited
as the African giant team lost
and...
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Categories:
africa, imagery, sports,
Form: Free verse
Champion Wrestling
wrestling ‘tween nephews
and trav’ling uncle, teaching, taunting,
flipping, sweating, bonding,
championing smiles
...
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Categories:
sports,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Sports Poems
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