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Tennis Poems - Poems about Tennis

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Scots golfers do not 'golf' as they say in the U.S.A. invented in Scotland it's as they ought a sport the Scottish play the first tennis player known by name (Louis X) did not 'tennis' when he played the game even so I may one day bend my elbow consider the racket and give it a go looks like the language is slowly downward drifting and come this Christmas you won't see...

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Categories: tennis, golf, humorous, sports, usa,
Form: Rhyme
Anyone For Tennis?
I do enjoy verbal tennis wordplay may be a game outwit outsmart the opponent is the only aim lobbing phrases across the net volley and rally back and forth no one's a loser and yet those precious few who think on their feet will always win have you beat Shakespeare is the all-time champ merely a player with poem and sonnet through thick and thin he'd go...

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Categories: tennis, humorous, sports, word play,
Form: Rhyme



Thread of Tennis
A flash of green, a feathered sphere, A silent pact, a rising fear. White lines etched, a bounded stage, Where measured grace meets primal rage. The serve, a storm, a whispered plea, A painted arc for all to see. The volley's dance, a fleeting touch, A silken stroke demanding much. Each rally spun, a woven thread, Of strategy inside the head. The baseline hums a...

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Categories: tennis, life, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Untitled
there was a young man from Ennis who desired to learn to play tennis the ball whacked him in the head so he decided to go to a pub instead and have fun drinkin’ the Guiness ...

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Categories: tennis, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Tennis Racket
Tennis Racket My old tennis racket loves to be called Doctor Racquet and affects medical uniforms. ...

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Categories: tennis, humor,
Form: Free verse



Table Tennis
She ping She pong Digging both sides With concentration With hand slamming Calculated precision Eyes rolling pinning The striking win Over this green Rectangular board....

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Categories: tennis, character, engagement, sports,
Form: Light Verse
Tennis With A Net
The thing about rhyme is you can’t help but read it The glue in the verbiage whose tonic is needed Uniting each line with the magic of sound Melding the moment as phrases — surround (Dreamsleep: September, 2024) O/L 9-23-2024 ... Famous Quote By Robert Frost ...

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Categories: tennis, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member new bamboo tases like a tennis shoe
Panda took a bite of the new bamboo It was fresh and green, but there was a goo What kind of crud is this? He asked sky of blue Sky laughed at his consternation, wouldn’t you? “This new bamboo is as tasty as a tennis shoe!” He was joined by two cousins, Little Lee and Lu. They crunched down onto the...

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Categories: tennis, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member How About Table Tennis
'Ping-Pong' is wrong 'Peng' confided If 'Ping' is lopsided then 'Pong' is misguided 'Prong' decided...

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Categories: tennis, giggle, silly, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Now Table Tennis Menace
He was birth to menace; Now he plays table tennis; ...socially spaced- 9/14/23 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©...

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Categories: tennis, addiction, adventure, celebrity, conflict,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Visually Impaired Tennis
Become a Tennis VIP, A Visually Impaired Player - just like me, No matter how your sight loss occurred, Your vision black, incomplete, or blurred, With adapted rules and cool soundball, It’s a great sport - designed to suit all, Don’t question your abilities, or be shy, Just join in the fun and give it a try ......

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Categories: tennis, courage, dedication, discrimination, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Tennis Love
Two sets Apiece To each player And this is the Final set... What a contest! Both the players Fighting to win The match Is equal The scoreboard 6-6 And we enter The tiebreaker, An ace And the...

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Categories: tennis, love, sports,
Form: Free verse
Eyes Fastened On Tennis and Dennis
Some girls’ eyes were fastened on Dennis Doing wonderful Tennis In boxers poorly screening , Much to the dismay of his First Niece, His sometimes-raging, Girlfriend Eunice, A Christian Mother he’d rendered service But not to Arch Enemy Elvis With him competing in their office… “For long have I been expecting this From a man who’d named me Novice”...

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Categories: tennis, allusion, conflict, games, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
Polycarp and Baseball Cap
I've just spoken with Polycarp About his bright red baseball cap I'd swear is his main handicap: His wish to keep wearing the cap While to Tennis Ball he is Pap And equally does football 'tap'; His donning of a baseball cap A conflict and misguiding map You rely on and your strength sap, Because of the capital gap Between him and a baseball...

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Categories: tennis, absence, business, career, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Am a Joyful Green Tennis Ball
I love being bouncy, being green, being fun! I jump and I hop, and I dance all around. Being chased by children from two to a hundred and one. I am the happiest tennis ball, easily found. I have a sweet squeak when I hit the concrete. There are squeals of laughter as I am being chased. A dog has...

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Categories: tennis, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Personification

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