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UeckerMany people are sad because he's no longer here.
Forty years ago, I watched him on Mr. Belvedere.
He played baseball and was a sportscaster as well.
Uecker became a success, he certainly did not fail.
If you're wondering...
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Categories:
baseball, death, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Keeping ScoreThe bartender strolls from one
end of the counter to the other.
She makes small talk with regulars
who watch NFL games on screens
and a college basketball game
plays on another.
For each touchdown scored
mugs are raised.
Fans analyze every run...
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Categories:
sports, baseball, basketball, culture, football,
Form: Free verse
WrestlingTwo people of equal weight
Strong muscles straining
Both suddenly subdued with spiteful hate
Hand and buzzer the winner ordaining
In truth the real sport
Is the judging of the referee
Here the fighters are in his court
And he moves like...
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Categories:
humor, sports,
Form: Lyric
A Ring For AllThe ring symbolizes success
It's the end of your search
The price of your journey
The target of your goal.
The ring has many form
It's a square for the champion
A circle of the most fierce warrior
A round...
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Categories:
meaningful, sports, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Playing PinballCarpal tunnel twinges
punctuate a torpid afternoon,
as row on row we line the aisles
and stare at nothing
with the guarded anonymity
of urinating men.
My thumb is on the lever,
moving almost imperceptibly,
as marbles rocket into space
and filter down
through obstacles...
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Categories:
fun, sports,
Form: Blank verse
Swimming LessonsI've had a sore throat
And no energy lately
But I've been out swimming
And feel so much better
Swimming isn't just about exercise
It's a form of good recreation
You know it's super good stress relief
It's like a moment when...
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Categories:
health, sports, water,
Form: Free verse
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Categories:
football, sports,
Form: Shape
AyrtonHe learned
to race
before
he walked
The world
too slow
his freedom
caught
To fans
who watched
and those
who loved
His spirit
soars
at speed
— above
(The New Room: December, 2024)...
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Categories:
race, sports,
Form: Rhyme
ONE GOALThe habit of winning
by just one goal
one nil one nil
a defensive clean sheet
brings victory so sweet...
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Categories:
football, sports, success,
Form: Rhyme
Pitbull Martial ArtsThe 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...
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Categories:
sports, career, character, courage, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Proud MomentIt 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....
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Categories:
games, life, sports,
Form: Light Verse
sumo wrestlingsumo 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...
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Categories:
sports,
Form: Free verse
Saturday AfternoonWatching 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
...
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Categories:
food, sports,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Baseball Facts in a SongHow 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...
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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...
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Categories:
sports, childhood, class, confidence, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Sports Poems
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