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BOXING , a poem by Lee Emmett, Australia Other Boxing Poems Other Life Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Boxing Poems & Life Poetry Viewed 4977 times Author: Lee Emmett, Australia Share Poem BOXING no use pretending otherwise can’t handle sound of fist on face no matter how hard try to detach still hurts soul to hear it, whether accidental or otherwise no matter how much oil rubbed into skin of those fighters, or how high they raise those gloves in air, seat at ringside no place for one who believes bodies made for higher purposes Click to purchase Print 129821 0 Other Author Poems SOFTLY SWISHING SEA SWELLS (Alliterative Onomatopoeia) RUNNING WATER (Onomatopoeia) ITCH Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added Lee Emmett thanks for reading, Billy ... Australia 8/21/2008 12:06:27 AM billy Dam staght Australia 8/20/2008 9:04:27 PM Lee Emmett thanks Jack ... know it's one of those sports which has gone on since time immemorial ... and physical contests seem to vital component of human endeavour ... but still won't get me there watching people hurting each other ... Australia 8/3/2008 8:39:09 PM Jack Fawcett Its very good at showing the risk and suffering involved aswell UK 8/3/2008 11:50:19 AM Jack Fawcett Great poem to describe the art and skill of boxing and pain aswell. UK 8/3/2008 11:49:18 AM Lee thanks awsome man ... could never bear watching contact sports, particularly after having children ... bodies are sensitive ... don't like the thought of deliberately inflicting pain ...!!! AUS 4/27/2008 1:30:37 PM awsome man i like this poem alot its pretty good as far as poetry goes usa 4/23/2008 4:46:00 PM Lee Hi Brian, haven't been able to watch or listen to boxing or any contact sport since being mother ... the crunch of flesh and bone not for the weak-stomached ... agree might be a boy thing ... though nowadays lots of women do it ... AUS 3/29/2008 3:45:38 AM B Lee- i get your point but I find it quite exciting-maybe it's a male thing NI 3/28/2008 4:18:30 PM     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Votes: 2      Average Rating: 3      points: 6 HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=129821">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "BOXING " by Lee Emmett, Australia</a>