Sports Poems | Examples

A day at the bowls

A perfect summers day with the sky turquoise blue
A faint breeze through the trees and pink flowers in bloom
Out on the green they are dressed in their best.
Bright team colours, we expect nothing less.
At the start of the game they gather and stay.
Til someone in charge shouts out “Let’s play”.
The grass is so dry the bowls speed down the green.
Looking out from the pavilion a classic summer scene.
The bowls clack together as they fight for the jack.
Each rink changes sides back and forth, forth and back.
The game draws to a close and it’s on a knife edge.
Our team steals the show with one point ahead.
It’s time for tea after a grand day of fun.
Some opt for a pint and a fresh saffron bun.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A September Sun-Soaker

a September sun-soaker
strolling across parking lot
in baby blue slip-on Skechers
so comfy, floating on afternoon

wearing Bills T-shirt, G-O  B-I-L-L-S
still I’m not glued to the game
I’ll watch the recaps; must prioritize
reading, writing, studying, grooving

water my lantanas, hubby did
since we’re not seeing rain
perhaps the weather holds back
its tidings for a sudden snowfall

a nice lacy glisten, inches high
seeds planted in suspense, sea
of white waves and arctic air
dare we dream for fancy flakes

pumpkin patch, batting eyes
a little early, they morse code
orange is best and mellifluent leaves
kick that idea around and S-C-O-R-E


Premium Member Accounting for Pickleball

      It seems ‘Pickleball’ has swept the nation
      Folks play after work and on vacation

          Fav’rite pre-game drills
          Eating kosher dills

      Accounting for their in-FAT-u-a-tion
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pow

Pugilistic arts?
Or just a bloody fight?
Whichever - might makes right!
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Pride of the Yankees

It takes a Big Stick,

To approach the Mound with Pride!

It takes a BIGGER STICK,

To encroach a MOUND that WIDE!
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Fourth and Forever

THEY...got a "BIG TIME" VICTORY!!!

THEY...kicked the "SNOT" out of YOU and ME!!

OFFENSE..."STALLED," MUCKED the PLAYS COACH CALLED!

HELL BOYS!...no more "CHEERLEADERS" for FREE!!!
Form: Rhyme

Gigwiser

Loser changes name match
The Concernment of People 
Cellar Toss verses Mil Mascot
Came about due to the high
Venue prices. Said Peom. 
A outlook of fans and media
a Concernment of greed and
Se to dishness, spoke many
Concerned. 
Wisdom of Savants and Meres
(Peoples Priorities) Nicknames
that causes concerns. He Lavish
could target critsium from those
who feel to he backlash from there
entertainment interest. The loser shall
wear the name"Big Meanie" due to contractual
Concerns . A ticket buying public pushes the
envelope, a ticket buying public
Wises to raise there glass in honor
 not in fear. Real. World issues, concerns
real people not corporate hypocrates 
A champion talks championships
A champion doesn't stumble over situations
Unskilled and troubled. 
The outcome is defeat not parish!
Form: Bio

Gigwiser

Loser changes name match
The Concernment of People 
Cellar Toss verses Mil Mascot
Came about due to the high
Venue prices. Said Peom. 
A outlook of fans and media
a Concernment of greed and
Se to dishness, spoke many
Concerned. 
Wisdom of Savants and Meres
(Peoples Priorities) Nicknames
that causes concerns. He Lavish
could target critsium from those
who feel to he backlash from there
entertainment interest. The loser shall
wear the name"Big Meanie" due to contractual
Concerns . A ticket buying public pushes the
envelope, a ticket buying public
Wises to raise there glass in honor
 not in fear. Real. World issues, concerns
real people not corporate hypocrates 
A champion talks championships
A champion doesn't stumble over situations
Unskilled and troubled. 
The outcome is defeat not parish!
Form: Bio

Premium Member Football Season

Forward motion is caught by the ref,
obviously not following the maestro.
On the line of scrimmage ready to go,
too quick with that jump from their spot.
Barrels of ambition elbows will rub,
a return for a touchdown fill my quota! 
Lighting up a Jumbotron with control,
like a boss threw a perfect spiral ball. 

Sitting on my hands in the nosebleeds
entranced by every move they make.
All I want is a touchdown extravaganza,
so don’t get sloppy. No interceptions.
On the road or with an at home scenario?
Never doubt the power of the 12th man.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Life Is Like Baseball

Anticipation is like hitting a single
Expectation is like hitting a double
Participation is like hitting a triple
Revelation is like hitting a homerun
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Out Of My League

Creative, intelligent, some would say wise.
Beautiful with a personality twice her size.
She’d never give me a second look,
I’d just as soon sit here and read my book.
Maybe she loves sports, that would be a surprise.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Question for the Day

My doctor warned me not to fall.
Should I give up on big league ball?
Form: Epigram

If Life Is A Chess Game

If life were a game of chess,
I would not be holding the chess pieces. 
I wish to become a chessboard, 
So I could see the wonders of life and be free
Or I may in another way I can explain
A plain tea that reflects the story of life, 
The chess pieces will show your past life
How life battle is won through tactical warfare
The 64 squares is like arena of prizefighter,
Where you live life everyday like gladiator
Notwithstanding the hardship I face
Only at the end I won life with honor
Nevertheless the worn out skill of wisdom,
Made it all for me to victory and reward.

Southee serenade


Foppish fringe flutters..pianist tendrils tinkling..

Flitter finessing leathery fruits..

Caressing..stitched dreams tickled & tailored..

Swing..swerve in clandestine cahoots…

Curve…voluptuous velvety verve..

Wobble seam serendipity tempts..teases..

Sliding across creases..angle architect gliding..

Heaven sent tyro riding blazing trails..

Hellbent brio…Waggers & Trent..Timmy trio..

Touted trinity…selector trifecta..febrile fan affinity.. 

Tim’s timber hoicks topple Toblerones..

Schadenfreude stats sips.. Oiks suggest Timmy..

Ersatz Test imitator of Jimmy…

Naysayers…tut tutters spew from trolling gutters…

As Yoda may say…"Devil may care..unfair..flair in the air..this bowling pair share..'

Muffled murmurs of the goat..Hadlee float…gracing grassy notes..

Timmy..go on gimme one final shimmy…

Dare to dream…it will end.. as it did begin..

With that boyish grin..just beam..old friend
Form: Rhyme

Surreal cartwheel sublime PANTomime time

No channel skipping ..no flannel...it was so gripping…hearts melt…Pant's ripping svelte pelt and belt..stripping and whipping..the fab never drab Rishab lab..was it real..felt like I was tripping… no pipping..surreal cartwheel flipping..

Some verse about the Panto Pant curse…does traverse…like a hearse….won’t reimburse..adverse bowlers terse..things getting worse…reputations nurse…Rishab flash panache smash and grab..rehearse that ramp reverse..in his own homegrown perverse.. with only himself will converse..no fretting..go getting…record setting universe..

Now has outshone and outdone..shoves show pony Dhoni.. as the Indian man alright talisman with the gloves everybody loves with the most tons..holy moly..more three figures scores on England tours than the folklore of before..Sunny and Kohli..

Records splattered shattered..gallivanting Pant parade..cascade and cavalcade …flattered .. Rishab paddled..bowlers addled and raddled..skedaddled

Ignore any naysayer…prime sublime Pantomimes…haymaker…cocktail shaker…p**s taker…tik tok peacocker..run for fun maker…cool cat with the bat..almost indecent crimes..the Indian’s best test player and slayer of recent times..

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