One of the Greatest Baseball Heroes
...On April 26, 1992 a baby boy was born to parents that did not want him. The parents chose to not abort, instead of terminating his life in the womb, they gave him up for adoption. Adopted he was love...
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Categories:
triple crown, baseball, beautiful, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Narrative
Silent Scream Nightmare
...Experiencing the dreaded silent scream again.
Doing my best to holler out my anxiety.
I may have a heart attack I think.
My heart is racing like it just lost the Triple Crown.
Fear has me incapac...
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Categories:
triple crown, scary,
Form: Free verse
My Garden's Triple Crown
...Lo and behold, a marigold
Like nectar to sip, a bright tulip
No chill, just a thrill, a daffodil
Hold that perfect pose, M'ss Rose
When life has me down
When the world wears a frown
My ...
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Categories:
triple crown, beauty, color, flower, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Triple Crown of Spring
...Withering daffodils are unnoticed--
my attention shifting mid-spring
to what’s new, more colorful.
I try not to see the dandelions,
glaring like headlights of oncoming traffic
whose presence ...
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Categories:
triple crown, spring,
Form: Free verse
Snowman - Eighty Dollar Legend
...Snowman - Eighty Dollar Legend
Through gales of howling snows
Three horses in the knackers van,
Auction over;
Two with eyes cast down to meet their fate in frozen tears
But one, head raised...
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Categories:
triple crown, celebration, horse, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Whatta Happy Trio
...There's a definite electrical charge that's flowing
Between T.O and the Big “O”, the ions are glowing
As well as that British guy
Cross the sea who comes by
A triple crown of joy with gig...
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Categories:
triple crown, together,
Form: Limerick
My Name Will Be Beauty Thunder
...When I come back I will be a warhorse
Twenty one hands high
I will ignore my mistress, taking no direction.
I will run toward the valley
Where I will be free with no bridle or saddle
Thunderi...
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Categories:
triple crown, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
Give Credit
...The horse just won the Triple Crown;
Hard work and perseverance
Resulted in a victory
With little interference.
The training, grooming, practicing
All led up to the win
And now the celebratio...
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Categories:
triple crown, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Lost
...Triple Crown
Tissue paper hats
One last stroll in my wheelchair as I’m
Lost in the labyrinth of life.
Is that the sun peering through?
What can I possibly do?
Lost in the labyrinth of life....
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Categories:
triple crown, anxiety, confusion, depression,
Form: Free verse
Winning Jockey
...'Twas pouring, and the thoroughbreds
Did gallop and thunder in the rain.
All muddy were the jockeys' silks,
And the weather quite insane.
"Beware the Kentucky Derby, Son!
Fame and fortune the ...
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Categories:
triple crown, horse, race,
Form: I do not know?
Wild West Filly
...lost in the
wild west riding
into town
gunslinger
trigger finger
meet the best
and go down
local saloon
I found clarity
with a girl flirt
said her name was
"Charity"
I told her
I would g...
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Categories:
triple crown, girl, kiss, love, lust,
Form: Free verse
More Than An Athlete - Secretariat
..."more than an athlete"
from the moment of birth you stood tall
with balance and strength you ran strong
for the love of freedom you were above all
it wasn't that you wer...
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Categories:
triple crown, appreciation, celebration, dedication, horse,
Form: Free verse
Kentucky Derby Winner 1941 Whirlaway
...YOUR LOOKING GOOD AFTER A FEW DAYS REST.
YOUR FANS ARE HERE IN THEIR SUNDAYS BEST.
ACCORDING TO WRITERS, YOUR BETTER THAN MOST.
WHIRLAWAY BUDDY, WE'RE ONLY MINUTES FROM POST.
LET'EM SET THE PA...
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Categories:
triple crown, celebration, celebrity, dedication, hero,
Form: Free verse
In the Year of '73
...Book Of Job
Chapter 39
Verse 19-21,24
19. Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
20. Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its pr...
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Categories:
triple crown, beautiful, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Ty Cobb Baseball's Past
...OL'E TY COBB OF YESTER YEAR,
WAS A GENIUS IN SPIKES, OR SO I HEAR.
HE RAN THE BASES WITH A BURST OF SPEED.
LIKE ADRENALINE JUNKY IN TIME OF NEED.
STOLE SECOND BASE WITH HIS FOOT HELD HIGH...
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Categories:
triple crown, america, baseball, celebrity, history,
Form: Epic
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