Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

First Basketball Games

First basketballs were discarded peach baskets
With their full bottoms in them
Soccer balls were used
Officials had this dubious job
Had to climb a ladder to remove the ball
After each basket
Figured a woman with a laundry basket
With a big hole in the bottom
Was the first one to think of tearing the bottom out of peach baskets

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Gershon Wolf May 23, 2022 at 8:45 PM I hear they used to have double-headers, which were actually two-basket games. ~ Double Loader Caren Krutsinger May 24, 2022 at 6:39 AM I love thinking about this!

L Milton Hankins May 22, 2022 at 10:07 AM Wow, I didn't know this. Is this true, or did you just make it up? It took a woman, of course, to solve the quandary. Caren Krutsinger May 23, 2022 at 2:09 AM Trixie is miffed that you think I made it up. Most of it is true. She threw in the part about the woman. Trixie wants FULL CREDIT Hank.