Dream Basketball Poems

I set out on a journey to appease my soul and honor the deity, but I got caught in a rift and almost fell from...

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Shall I compare myself to my king,
My humble lord Lebron,
With his 4 rings,
His Lakers jersey he dawns,

With his shot point average so high,
The world without...

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I've rehearsed this moment 10,000 times 
It won't go away instead, it magnifies in my mind

Late nights and early mornings....... I know them
Working,  honing,...

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Imagine if I possessed stunning good looks
Along with an adorable personality
I'd have to beat the ladies off with a stick
Sure love it if this was...

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These are the best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part V

Just Smile
by Michael R. Burch

We'd like to think some angel smiling down
will watch him...

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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...

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Mick never had the height but he could jump.                ...

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The Gilas basketball team 
Has derailed the SoKor's dream 
As Philippines reigns supreme....

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Sometimes things don’t work out as planned
not that Nate planned it, such is basketball love
and strong are the threads of the basketball net. 
He hooped...

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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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Oft-times I dreamed I'd save the day
Victory snatch in a miraculous way
A last-second full-court heave
Swishing through as opponents grieve

Such stirring game-time reveries
My private universe, fancy-free
Alas,...

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Partly this is one of his dream that  he is catching up with as if a shooting star he's captured like he captures my...

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The rim of the basket
   as wide as the ocean
The shot leaves his hand --
   poetry in motion...

Years later his pen's...

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