Let's Hear It

Let's hear it
  for the team that never won.
The girls basketball stars so often unsung,
  they rarely scored and fans would rarely come.
Still they played attempting to break the empty record
  of never having won except in persistent dedication ledgers.
The boys got the cheerleaders and the well attended pep rallies loud
  but the girls team ran and played without a cheering crowd.
The boys team was all harrah, close to the state championship to enter
  down at the crowded Atlantic City convention center.
The team of girls went along, singing the high school song
   Go Lions, Go; 
   the Lionettes were resilient and strong.
Today, after all the hullabaloo
   faded memories celebrate fifty year out of school,
who remember all those escapades
  can any of you say?
Let's hear it anyway,
  cheers for the girls that played.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 2/11/2016 4:53:00 AM
Congrats on ur awesome winning write DM.
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Date: 2/11/2016 2:42:00 AM
Congratulations on your win! I enjoyed this poem.
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Date: 2/10/2016 11:29:00 AM
Thank you all for your sweet comments. Now play ball. DMB
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Date: 2/10/2016 9:24:00 AM
Sad but they never gave up. Nice write DM.
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Date: 2/10/2016 8:25:00 AM
DM Babbit,, congratulations on your Let's Hear It win. LINDA
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Date: 2/9/2016 10:50:00 AM
And the boys, too.
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