Here are some examples of our sports themed
poetry. In the first stanza we describe
the physical person and in the second stanza we describe the piece of
equipment or in some cases the animal or track.
We were trying to hook the reader right into the action, building
suspense.
Enjoy!
Horse Jumping
I see the judge put the jump
up
I say to my horse come on we
can win it this time
80cm
Sit to the canter
My heart pumps hard as I
grip onto the reins
Holding tight
Sitting up straight
Flick her belly
Come on Ash
We fly over clearing the
pole
Ash
Her muscles pumping
Blood rushing through her
veins
Walk
Trot
Canter
Checking our stride
Leaping
The crowd is silent, waiting
for us to jump
And then
And then
And then
Right before the ROAR –UP
Front legs and back legs we’re
over and in first place!
By Stephen
The Big Fish
It’s nearly
night time
I found a
worm
Put it on my
line
Cast my line
out
Plant my rod
Rod wobbles
it falls over I pick it up and whoa!
What a good
bight
I’m wobbling
in fear, hoping that it will bite again
My eye’s
glazing at the water
Whoa! Look
at that big trout
wonder if
it’s going for my line?
My line
wobbles.
And then
And then….
A big trout
pulling and pulling.
I’m trying
to wind in my rod
Whoa it went
straight past me.
It’s getting
closer and closer
I’m
shivering in fear
Rod bending
I hear my rod snapping under the strain
Look at that
humongous trout
Hah I
remember that trout.
I’ve seen
him before!
Nylon
cutting my finger
There is
nothing better than fishingJ
By Maddox
Winning Goal
It all depends on
this young, proud boy
He feels the lush
green grass beneath his feet
Standing tall in the
centre of the silent crowd
The proud tall boy
stares at the giant H in the distance
his strong heart
beats before the whispering crowd
they wait patiently
for the boy to prepare
The boy measures his
steps
Bends,
Breathes,
Waits,
He jogs toward the
ball.
The ball
Sent spinning,
through the cold breezy wind it floats
Rotating
as if in slow motion
Arching,
Gravitating
And then
And then
And then
Right before the
ROAR-UP
It passes through
the posts.
By Robbie
Touch Down
The whistle blew
The ball was thrown across the front of the team
I see it swirling towards me
I grab it and look forward trying to find a gap
Dodging
Legs moving fast shaking ….
We pass the ball backward from player to player
My dad’s the coach and he is yelling to the team
Fifth and final…
Touch,
Roll,
Pass,
Sprint,
Dive..
Do I make it? I look
to the ref…..
I am nervous and everyone is quiet…
The whistle blows!
SCORE!
By Hadley
High Jump
With the impatient
wait of high jump to start
There is
only one person in front of me that jumps and fly’s over on winged feet.
Now it’s my
turn suddenly I feel strong as I run to the jump. The shy yet strong girl leaps.
The pole seems to jump up at her she springs over just making it.
After all
the effort she came fourth and she looks very very proud.
By Sophie
Run till you win
Sitting waiting
people hesitating
I wait till my turn
& then we’ll do a burn
we get into place.
I’m in the back of
the staggers
nervous
scared
tummy swirling
I
wait
be calm
everything’s quiet
all I can hear is my heart beat
I sprint for my
team my clothes flip flop in the wind
people cheer me on
we go
& go
& go
The wind blows in
my face as I near finish
I see the finish
line ahead
My lane narrows
People squeezing in
beside me
I cross
I win
By Alex
Sprint To The Finish
Heart, beating like a drum
Nervously shaking
body waiting for it to begin
It stared
I start heading down
the end of the track
Sprinting and
sprinting
Trying to get home
first and take first place
My strong pumped legs
going fast to push the limit
Breath
Pant
Chest tight
And then through the
other boys I pound forward nudging in front
The track
Pushing up against my
feet
As I stomp on the
blades of grass
Running
Sprinting
Chest wheezing
Going for gold
The lane finish line
is close
Crowed cheering
I cross …. 1st
place
Feeling amazing
By Joshua
