Best Athlete Poems

"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 were a champion to rule
no other compared or could sing your song
trumpets sounded for you to hear
at...

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People don't play sports because its fun, ask any athlete most of them hate it, but 
they couldn't imagine their life without it. 

Its part of them, the love hate relationship it’s what they live for. They live for the 
practices, the parties, and the...

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Presence of fused endurance.
 Fueled by your strength.
 The break of sweat brought on by diverse motion.
 Course of steady breathe.
 Elevated throbbing muscles ignite.
 Flaccid no more.
 Stress free tranquil mind.
 Gratification sets on this well deserved athlete.
 As to wait for dawn to...

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When I was in high school, we had mandatory gym
Because it made us healthy, and because it kept us slim
So every day we'd work out for about an hour
Then we'd be told to take a lap and then go hit the shower

I wasn't very good...

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A spiral pass
Shoulder pads pop
Tomorrow, training wheels...

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What a sunny day
A bike ride through the city
But you're feeling gloomy
Envious of the ordinary
As you pass people doing chores
While your mind is only thinking
Why on earth am I competing
One of the cars please hit me
And save me from the agony
Though my body is ready
Dying...

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In life many are the races
For varying requirements to cater
Because of an undeniable fact
That different abilities people got
The capabilities differing even further
There are those who are too fast
They will sprint for a few seconds,
Then hold their breath in rest
They choose the 100 meters race
Others moderate...

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Final fifteen minutes of wait
All the fears are building up
But there's no pressure release valve
So you better hold it together, stay cool
Cooler than the sweat running down your spine
Looking at others and their poker faces
As if you all went to different acting schools
All pretending to...

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"I can't decide," she said,
"Whether you're an aesthete
Or an athlete,
A poet or a reprobate."
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Athlete
legs swollen
dragged from the field
feeling pain, loss and shock
wept...

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Sipping a drink, watching the show
A dozen disciplines you'd swap with
But now it's too late, your heart's spoken
Time to embrace what it's chosen
With an hour to spare, you roll out
Like a drunk man who just stood up
A frightening realization hits you
Your mouth is dry and...

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Out of the ether once came a small child
who hoped to one day fly thru the air.
Diligently applying herself, learning a style,
performing higher leaps, tapping the rare.

She performed somersaults, all in her stride,
with greater and more intelligent ease.
Winning honors and gold medals worldwide,
winning hearts with...

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As a seventeen year old competitive swimmer,
the other swimmer I looked up to was Mark Spitz,
he was a multiple gold medal winner,
a wonder in the water, a swimming blitz.

I had Olympic dreams,
my element was the aquatic,
but life took me in another direction, it seemed,
the lure...

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Bike ride,
air through my hair,
sunshine dousing my skin.
Dirt and splashed mud cover wheels.
Sweat drips
heat rises, thigh to palm to cheek.
Music comes from nature,
leaf and rock crunch
below tire....

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To know just where your're going

You must know where you've been

You must respect the history

The things others have seen

It's true in all things relative

Be it music, sports or life

If you don't know where you came from

You're just dancing on a knife

Gherig, Ruth and Robinson

May, and...

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