Poem Topics Related to Basketball
Read wonderful basketball poetry on the following sub-topics:
acrostic, art, cinquain, concrete, free verse, funny, haiku, limerick, inspirational, lebron james, life, love, march madness, michael jordan, nba, rhyme, school, simile, sneakers, sonnet, spring, sports, winter,
and more.
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Please forgive me
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Jonashea Cunningham
| ABC |
angel, april, basketball, beach,
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Have a Ball
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Gershon Wolf
| Light Verse |
baseball, basketball, football, fun,
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GALBODEIM
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Allan Terry
| Ballad |
baseball, basketball, clothes, dance,
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Reason Why I Sing
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TS Lewis
| Free verse |
basketball, love, music, spoken
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Taming
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Ibohal Kshetrimayum
| ABC |
basketball, anger, april, atheist, baby,
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Jump Shot
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Timothy McGuire
| Limerick |
basketball,
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The Play Is Made
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M. L. Kiser
| Tritina |
baseball, basketball, football, fun,
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A Decade to Remember
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Gershon Wolf
| Couplet |
basketball, magic, remember,
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LOOK AROUND AND SEE
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Adetunji Olanrewaju
| ABC |
basketball, africa, anti bullying, april,
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Moving Screen
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Jazzy Melnyk
| Couplet |
basketball,
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Different Ball Same Rules
by Christine Phillips
I took a shortcut through the basketball court to get to the airport
But I started running up and down on the basketball court
I picked up...
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Narrative |
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appreciation, basketball, blessing, celebration,
My Story
by Jazzy Melnyk
In my dream I worked really hard,
I was hurt yet fought back.
I felt pain, saw progress, and heard praise.
I conquered my fear and won the...
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basketball, confidence, courage, faith,
shout up and do-it
by Allan Terry
watch yo mouth
guard yo words
take yo' time
shut-up boy and do-it
shut-up Boy and do-it
shut up boy and do-it !
shut-up boy and do-it !
tell that man
what...
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Ballad |
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baseball, basketball, film, football,
New York1955
by jan hansen
New York 1955
Evening in Broadway I saw Alan Ladd
Talking to Joe Dempsey
Alan was surprisingly small
Joe was big and...
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Blank verse |
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9th grade, baseball, basketball,
Stof
by Jimmi Canada
I'm offended
unbendable
subtle yet encouraged
There's a place to be,
to go see,
I can and will breathe
I am here for the crave,
and instantly a brave
Let's let them speak...
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Blitz |
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3rd grade, basketball, class,
Careful
by Leo Mbalamana
Be cautious when making ties
We live among spies
And are surrounded by strings of lies
What a surprise
After the dark storm and harsh cries...
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Personification |
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baby, basketball, beach, beautiful,
The Journey
by Leo Mbalamana
The journey to success has no shortcut
Although things may seem difficult
There’s always a path
Within the depths of the aftermath
Life gives everyone a...
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Personification |
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basketball, beach, beautiful, bereavement,
Hollering Baller
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Hollering Baller
Stub my toe I holler
Sweaty neck and armpits, perspire
Fall down bruise my knee
Can no longer crawl
Was a basketballer
Does any or all of this...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
basketball, games,
Paying The Price
by Bernard F. Asuncion
In the big battle,
The defender makes mistake,
Lebron hits the shot....
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Haiku |
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basketball,
like love, dat foo reel dough stuff
by Allan Terry
whoomp, whoomp whoomp!
e'er night like dis
and I do love you
cause we special togetta
me and you we like
diamonds and gold
like sweet nectar and kisses
we just right...
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Grook |
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Categories:
appreciation, basketball, beach, beautiful,
boston celtics
by cs parker
Boston Celtics
Can rise high to
Any opponent
Internal or external
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Free verse |
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adventure, america, basketball,
Prose Poetry |
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basketball, youth,
I think we like Theodore Roosevelt's spirit in some way
by Dave McGahan
Standing tough, no matter the outcome. Sister Jean's 98, good to be backed and a school like Loyola Chicago, well they got some talented players,...
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Carpe Diem |
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analogy, basketball, body,
the night
by John Smith
i was the night you had to be there at first so it wouldn’t have a problem if it was wasn’t too bad much but...
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Free verse |
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basketball, abuse, angst, appreciation, art,
Robbery
by Manon Gauthier
Initially you were fragrance
Wind used to give me your address
Then you became a name
Streets were known by your footsteps
Then you became eyes
It penetrated my days...
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Acrostic |
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baptism, basketball,
Basketball Meanderings
by Daniel Hunter
Basketball-Meanderings
Played basketball with Fred at a church.
Haven’t played basketball
since my daughter
was a twinkle in my eye.
All the things
I used to do with a ball,
I...
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I do not know? |
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basketball, humorous, introspection, remember,
Algarve
by jan hansen
Algarve
The cold northerly wind has died down
if it wants to blow it can do so in July and August
when the heat is unpleasant, and the...
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Blank verse |
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baby, baptism, baseball, basketball,
Social media
by Amelia Josephie
We walk around faceless, nameless
doing whatever we want, shameless.
Nothing ever changes
140 characters to spark outrages
Can’t flip pages online
but we can sure as hell
act like...
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Acrostic |
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Categories:
basketball, 11th grade, allusion, analogy,
Swoosh, Swish
by Gershon Wolf
An ingenious device is a basketball net:
Swish, swoosh, swoosh, swish---
Its sweet sound made
...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
basketball, language, light, onomatopoeia,
DIVINITY
by Steffan Voss
I have wasted
too many years
of my young life
wishing I had been
blessed with
a different story.
I am learning
that all life
is precious,
and that each...
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Bio |
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Categories:
america, anger, bangla, basketball,