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Sports Poems | Examples of Sports Poetry

Sports Poems - Examples of all types of sports poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for sports.
Premium Member ONE GOAL
The habit of winning by just one goal one nil one nil a defensive clean sheet brings victory so sweet...Read the rest...
Categories: football, sports, success,
Form: Rhyme
Pitbull Martial Arts
The roughest, toughest to ever enter the Octagon/ Beating the competition to a pulp, is what I be on/ I do not cut slack, my combinations are vicious/ They hit you back to back, the impact is stupendous/ Your...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, career, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Free verse



Proud Moment
It doesn't matter whether You come first or second The difference is this: Did you try your best Sometimes we win Sometimes we loss This is part of life....Read the rest...
Categories: games, life, sports,
Form: Light Verse

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Premium Member sumo wrestling
sumo wrestling corpulent men wearing diapers what kind of people watch this? I stare as one gets flopped with his enormous legs in the air Showing more than I ever wanted to see...Read the rest...
Categories: sports,
Form: Free verse
Saturday Afternoon
Watching the cricket. The oval looks great Home team in green shirts Visitors in blue Scoreboard looming large Sitting to long Butt getting sore Bench is to hard Heading for home Kitchen noise Crash and bang Pots clatter Cooking Goulash Dinner ...Read the rest...
Categories: food, sports,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse



Premium Member Baseball Facts in a Song
How many stitches does a baseball have? One hundred and eight One hundred and eight One hundred and eight To know this is super, more than a little bit great. A baseball is retired after six pitches in professional ball In...Read the rest...
Categories: sports,
Form: Rhyme
Football crazy Exiles u13s 2024 to 2025 season
Football crazy Exiles u13s 2024/25 season They're football crazy, they're football mad, Ipswich Exiles U13s, the best they’ve ever had. With speed and grit, determination true, Strength in all areas, they play to rule. Our top goal scorer, a year younger but bold, His...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, childhood, class, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Taste of Blood
in the arena a sanguinary showdown ~ fierce competition ...Read the rest...
Categories: sports,
Form: Senryu
A Prison of Emotions
You may engage in your work Be engrossed with your friends Travel around the world Play a lot of games But it's hard to escape your mind A prison, full of emotions. ...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, analogy, angst, emotions, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Santa versus The Grouch
'Twas the night before Christmas, and there sat the Grouch, waiting for Santa and his present filled pouch. I'm sure that all of you have heard of the Grinch, but the Grouch is far worse, at least by one...Read the rest...
Categories: christmas, holiday, humor, sports,
Form: Rhyme
BIZZY TEAM
Professional editors and writers sorted through the content. They found Christmas as the primary source for both thanksgiving and New Years. they also found that by allowing the poorest folk to make money during this time of year helps generate local economies. Founded through the...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, america, hip hop, marriage,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member Star-struck
Watching the Winter Olympics from afar I wish I were an ice-skating star To soar and twirl, leap up to...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, hope, sports, star,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Goodbye Old Friend
Goodbye old friend You've been such a part of us all Of every correct and incorrect call A diamond for the girls The boys made it to first base Heroes were born here Zeroes too A place with many faces The home of...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, baseball, culture, farewell, in
Form: Rhyme
Life Is Not A Sprint
Loving someone is just like running You two try your best To get used to each other You make every effort to run It's okey for the first lap You keep your strength at the second What about next Life is...Read the rest...
Categories: life, metaphor, perspective, sports,
Form: Free verse
Flute and Citole
Her sound functioned in the chorus of onlooker in my defeat. Might the Strumb of Kokopelli danced to the songs of Shiva and Bragi. I smiled days later that my retribution might silence the celebrations of night. I watched four seven days while...Read the rest...
Categories: sports, appreciation, celebration, culture, encouraging,
Form: Ballade

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