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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TRACK ATHLETICS Matches Found: 26 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ARRHYTHMIA, by RANDY BLASING Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't exercise my heart but watched Last Line: A beat every blessed second of my life Subject(s): Death; Fathers And Sons; Hearts; Life; Track Athletics AS THE RUNNERS CREAK, by MARGE PIERCY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I realized the other day, ferried Last Line: Old ladies watch oprah instead Subject(s): Track Athletics BLACK WINGS, by REGINALD SINCLAIR LEWIS Poem Source First Line: God must have cut you Last Line: Past odin feasting on the souls of %long-dead heroes? Subject(s): Olympic Games; Track Athletics GREAT NORTH, by ANDY CROFT Poem Source First Line: Well this is it-the moment has arrived Last Line: You promise that you'll be back next october Subject(s): Track Athletics IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pass. Pass. Pass. Thou hast had thine hour Last Line: To rush on and win with thy pitiful lance. Subject(s): Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles JOGGER ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE, 5:00 A.M., by AGHA SHAHID ALI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dark scissors of his legs %cut the moon's Last Line: From the air, from himself, %his heart beating far, far %behind him Subject(s): Sports; Track Athletics LOOKING FOR AMERICA, by SALVADOR SANCHEZ Poem Source First Line: I hear me winning a race in running Last Line: Be proud, and I am proud Subject(s): Track Athletics LOVE SONNET OF A TRACK FIEND, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: Baby, I know you think that I Last Line: I'll make the rest look just like also-rans! Subject(s): Gambling; Horse Racing; Track Athletics; Wagering; Betting; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles MORNING RUN, by MATTHEW JOY Poem Source First Line: Oak pine oak %a grayness in my eyes Last Line: Smelling the acorn %while I breathe by Subject(s): High School Students; Morning; Teenagers; Track Athletics; Trees PAAVO NURMI, by WILLIAM A. PHELON Poem Text First Line: They say he lives on hard, black bread Last Line: The bounding, flying finn! Subject(s): Nurmi, Paavo (1897-1973); Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles POLE VAULTER (1), by DAVID ALLAN EVANS Poem Source First Line: The approach to the bar Last Line: (knowing the best jump %can be cancelled %by a careless elbow) %and open my hands Subject(s): Sports; Track Athletics POLE VAULTER (2), by DAVID ALLAN EVANS Poem Source First Line: The erect pole points Subject(s): Track Athletics POLE VAULTING, by MAURA STANTON Poem Source First Line: Our thin, tough bodies were identical Subject(s): Track Athletics REGATTA, by IVAN SWIFT Poem Text First Line: We have heard the roll of the signal - gun! Last Line: We've heard our signal-gun! Subject(s): Competition; Surfing; Track Athletics; Waves; Wind; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles RUNNER, by CATHRYN COONE-MCCRARY Poem Source First Line: Each night of my childhood's summer Last Line: Now I have to leave him %alone at the end of the hall Subject(s): Children; Death; Track Athletics; Victory RUNNER, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweat glides on the forehead of the gasping runner Last Line: Must be useless %to the runner Subject(s): Track Athletics RUNNER, by GENEVIEVE TAGGARD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You are not for valleys. Or for any maiden Last Line: Runner, runner, runner -- wind and runner meet! Alternate Author Name(s): Wolf, Robert Leopold, Mrs. Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles RUNNING IN OXFORD, by CHRISTIAN KARLSON STEAD Poem Source First Line: Might you have done this Last Line: An elderly visitor %is running in oxford Subject(s): Aging; Oxford, England; Track Athletics SHOTPUTTERS AND DISCUS THROWERS, by LEONARD KRESS Poem Source First Line: Cut down to size by distance, always consigned Last Line: Swift grace is a proper stance for heaving that weight %without weight, above all things that can be Subject(s): Augustine, Saint (354-430); Religion; Saints; Track Athletics THE BLACK RUNNER, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm awake, I'm away! Last Line: My feet in the dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN, by GEORGE ADE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the crisp autumnal zephyrs whistle through the leafless trees Last Line: By going into training — the result will be the same. Subject(s): Athletes; Football; Sports; Track Athletics; Victory; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles THE LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crouching, he puts the stiffened tips of his fingers Subject(s): Loneliness; Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles THE RUNNER, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweat glides on the forehead of the gasping runner Last Line: To the runner Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles THE SERVICE, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was the third man running in a race Last Line: "I dreaded you two thundering behind!" Subject(s): Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles TIME, by INEZ LINDSEY ELLIS Poem Text First Line: Time, thou art the greatest runner of them all Last Line: Then vanished without knowing of your fame. Subject(s): Spectator (periodical); Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles TO THE DISCUS THROWER, by VIRGINIA LYNE TUNSTALL Poem Text First Line: Shimmering fabrics, broidered with bright threads Last Line: Wrapped in your cloak of stainless nudity! Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Track Athletics; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles |
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