Limerick Basketball Poems

Phil Jackson, with Zen and with grace,
Would coach with a calm, peaceful face.
With triangles and sighs,
He'd win all the prizes,
"Now just breathe," he'd say, "Find...

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Larry Bird, with his trash talk so fine,
Would shoot from the corner, on time.
With a smirk and a stare,
He'd just stand right there,
"That's a three,...

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Untimely was Hamilton Hicks
In making his basketball picks.
He knew it all well,
How each bracket fell,
But always too late with his clicks.
...

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In debate a gallop called Gish
Scored points like a basketball's swish
That Joe could not block!
So now taking stock
Biden's sideline walk is our wish

DT's sick slick...

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I made the bet on who’d win the game
the Bulls looked great; my team played quite lame
dressed in clown’s clothes
with a red clown nose
the whole...

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Basketball tip off at grade school game
My biggest lifetime shot at fame
Got the ball and took off
Heard the yells from aloft
Wrong way I went but...

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Once lived an energetic lad in Montreal
He was rather large, I would say, seven feet tall
Tough as old shoe leather
He did not care whether
He played...

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Winners do not quit; and quitters do not win.
I once read a story of a middle ages warrior
who was being held prisoner.  While in...

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Too-tall Jackson had a tail like a fish 
But when he swam his gym shoes went squish-squish
   He took up basketball
  ...

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There is a fellow named Paul
Who loves to play basketball
He can run, shoot and pass
And score lightning fast
And is only three feet tall...

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JEANIEMAC
Rub a dub dub two in a tub.
Where did the soap go?
He lay back flat
Right on his back.
While she fiddled about below.

TIM SMITH
Rub a dub...

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It's bullies Melania fights
The big one is now in her sights
If Donald should stray
His schlong she will flay
And not even give him last rites...

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Steph Curry is taking hoops to a whole new level,
Say the rabid Oaktown fans as they revel.
The way he throws it in the hole
from downtown...

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Hyperbole is a sports cast
Announcers have egos so vast
My ears must have rest
From this lambasting pest
Collection of morons amassed


Author's note: Is it getting worse, or...

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A basket ball player with bounce
Said, “All my opponents I'll trounce.”
But thanks to a gale
He fell on his tail,
And off in a huff he'd to...

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