Basketball Poems

If I were in charge of the world
I'd cancel oatmeal,
Monday mornings,
Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.
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Fathers hold you when you have bad dreams
And they comfort you when all is lost it seems.
Fathers teach you to dribble a basketball and shoot a free throw
And they lead you as you grow.
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to my aunt blanche
who rolled from grass to driveway
into the street one sunday morning.
i was ten. i had never seen
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I saw a lonely cloud one day.
It looked small beyond the Bay.
I tried to find a second and failed,
even though I looked each way.
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No - I did not take a nap -
The nap - took - me
off the bed and out the window
far beyond the sea,
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Kicking a small piece of broken earthen pot,
While playing on the roadside, hop scotch.
Or dribbling a ball and throwing it at a team mate.
Screaming as I fell, skidding on the roller skates.
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If you danced from midnight
to six A.M. who would understand?
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tenth in the sprint
ninth in the four hundred
eighth in the cross-country
seventh in the potato race
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You can take your golf and the rolling greens
You tennis with manicured courts neat and clean
Your soccer, your swimming, your basketball scene -
None measure up to............FOOTBALL!
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I'll tell you a crime story that you've never heard,
But first you'll have to promise to not spread the word.
It started many years ago on the Massachusetts coast.
Most of those who know of it are now themselves ghosts.
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He came from Kerala,
A state of king and Cinderella.
A place of bound,
Where more coconut are found.
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he gets hi to make his friends think hes cool
but all he end up doing is looking like a fool
he trys so hard to fit in with everyone else
but all he needs to do is focus on himself
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There are so many things
To do which I would like
I would love to go cycling
But that’s after dad buys me a bike
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GOD MADE STEAK
GOD MADE SNAKES
GOD YOU MADE ALOT OF MISTAKES
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The basketball you walk around the court
Produces a hard, stinging, clean report.
You pause and crouch and, after feinting, swoop
Around a ghost defender to the hoop
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Bri's Introductory Poem:

' Write a nice title ', or so PoemHunter does say to ME, so…
I guess I should comply, as my time on PoemHunter is FREE!
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February 2019 Showcase Of Poems From Here & There …[ Sharing Poem Hunter Poems With You! ; Topics Are: " Lonely "& "Butterfly" & Assorted Others ]

When I have had ‘bad words' with the one I dearly Love,
thoughts of loneliness may {at my injured mind} Shove,
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His talent truly matched
The hero with the regal name.
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Life is like playing basketball
dribble, run, walk, jump and shoot.
play without a ball and a goal
and the game will be pointless
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</>Random of thoughts is the kingdom of Youth,
Irregularity is his regularity, what a rarity!
He speaks with vivified speed, yet with alarming clarity,
With the speed of a glider, he does his deeds,
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Basketball is a fun sport to play,
Basketballs get tried and deflect,
The weather is changing fast,
You don't want to wait for à air pump to bring the basketball back to life,
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For sale: old basketball. New Raptors.
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In 1916, Dr. Einstein published the final version
Of his long research and discoveries of ‘General Relativity',
In the prestigious Science Journal ‘Annalen Der Physik'.
His latest theory- a comprehensive work, was titled-
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I don't think basketball is hard to understand,
It's all about shooting the ball using my hand.
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Larry Bird was a great Boston Celtic.
He was very tall.
He could really shoot the basketball.
One of the greatest NBA basketball players of all.
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Shraabi ki Khumaari

subah, sust sa suraj nikal raha hai
hawaa beh rehi hai
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Good bye the black mamba
O Kobe Bryant
What a talent was you
Kobe the tremendous
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A song on basketball
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Please note: I have sung this to David Brubeck's Kathy's Waltz and Take Five on my You Tube page.
I am tired of shopping bags which are heavy
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Introduction:
Poetry name which uses the first letters of the word to begin each line.
This is my attempt at name poetry describing people that donated autographed photos for my writing therapy for writing is the best antidepressant for those in need of help without help.
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