Child Basketball Poems

man-child used to being a shooting star
drinks always came for free at the cash bar
full to brim with urges and willfulness
left wondering alone in wilderness
not...

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Ali’s Song
by Michael R. Burch

They say that gold don’t tarnish. It ain’t so.
They say it has a wild, unearthly glow.
A man can be more beautiful,...

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Today was the same as every other day in quarantine. Wake up. Change into different PJs. Eat. Watch Netflix. Eat. And eat again. Go to...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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"A True Champion"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

Knowing you were 24 when you also retired an eight
Only one g.o.a.t. in my Lifetime has achieved that fate
Be...

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The Desk
by Michael R. Burch

for Jeremy

There is a child I used to know
who sat, perhaps, at this same desk
where you sit now, and made a...

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For His forty-one years, he
thrilled us with his moves on the court.
For such a Life as this, no one wants to say goodbye.
This Champion is...

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Back then, life for kids was harder than it should have been.
They say that kids had rights too, but I don’t remember when.

Back then, if...

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Lord, tonight there is a lot of hurting people inside. Show them Lord your presence in there lives. Father God, to the women who is...

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POEM 32 THEY ENTERNAL 



I WILL LOVE YOU UNTILL THE END. 

YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME EACH DAY. 

AS EACH DAY COME...

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Footprints

Walking on the beach on a mid Summer's afternoon

Through a doorway of hope we can cope
 A line is being formed in the sand you...

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A Lizard Sonnet 

If you travel to escape the small lizard on your back
You will eventually be outside your parents’ house
Only they have long since...

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Sunday drives into the country,
escaping the heat from the city,
passing tobacco farms along the way,
with old barns and rusty Coca-Cola signs
resting against their weathered sides.

Driving...

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Sometimes you may feel like you're stuck on the benches of life 
Not knowing if you'll ever get in the game causing you anquish and...

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David Gibson is who we know;
But your friends, colleagues call you "PRO."
I knew you as an humble child,
You are going to be missed for a...

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