Best Sports Poems Iii

These are the best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part III For Jack Nicklaus, at the 1987 Open by Michael R. Burch When you were young every putt was makeable and every dream remarkable; the stars were unmistakable you set your sights upon. Then, in your youth, time not yet a factor and age not yet your rector, you plotted every vector and victory shone ahead, like truth. But uncouth youth was fleeting... soon losses grew more numerous; time's skies became more cumulus; the nerves with age—more tremulous, as the sun from the sky was setting, retreating. How have you then, as sunset nears and the world looks on with unsure eyes, cast off the crutch of age to rise and stand as though the butterflies have no effect, no, nor the cheers? I wrote this poem after Tom Watson chipped in at the 1982 US Open to defeat Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus was getting older, but he was still competitive. There Are Dreams by Michael R. Burch for Jack Nicklaus There are dreams that you have dreamed that are etched into your eyes. There are dreams that you have dreamed that resignation can't disguise. There are dreams that you have dreamed... O, I've dreamed them, esteemed them. Like fire, desire flares most brightly as it dies. The Great GOAT Debate by Michael R. Burch The great GOAT debate can no longer wait: we must know who's best, and know now! Is it Jordan, Kareem, or Hakeem the Dream? Is it Gretzky, the Rocket, or Howe? Is it O.J. or Brady, or are they too shady? Tom Burleson or Monte Towe? But now that I'm thinking and done with my drinking, before I make friends with a large purple cow... It's the Babe, let's get serious! Babe Didrikson Zaharias! Let the Ultimate GOAT take a bow. A True Story for Jeremy Jeremy hit the ball today, over the fence and far away. So very, very far away a neighbor had to toss it back. (She thought it was an air attack!) Jeremy hit the ball so hard it flew across his neighbor's yard. So very hard across her yard the bat that boomed a mighty "THWACK! " now shows an eensy-teensy crack. Tallen the Mighty Thrower Tallen the Mighty Thrower is a hero to turtles, geese, ducks... they splash and they cheer when he tosses bread near because, you know, eating grass sucks! Keywords/Tags: Baseball, Sport, Sports, Basketball, Football, Boxing, Hockey, Golf, Athletes, Athletics, GOAT, America, competition