Tension, Energy, et all

Going with the theme of finding a topic for this third assignment, I didn't even choose a topic before I began writing. I began with a sentence and went from there...of course my first line didn't end up fitting with the rest of the poem and in the end I didn't even like the poem but instead stuck with my topic.
In the end I was very pleased with my poem but I was worried that it was not following the assignment. I think the analogy of using a sporting event is what tripped me up. I kept thinking 'there is only one person so where is the tension?' or, 'nothing truly physical is happening, so where is the energy?' In the end, after reading the poem over and over and having a friend look it over I decided the internal tension was fine and my topic was suitably energetic.
So, I didn't have that much trouble in the beginning. I just began writing and was amusing myself until I realized the poem itself wasn't so good. I loved my topic and like the new poem, the one I submitted but getting there was tough.