Sports Basketball Poems

The soups and  breads were fixed 
know seemed to have interest
In that. One commented that the
Chickens used in the soup were as
big as geese,...

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Trailing, doubts arise,
Then a spark, the tide will turn,
New lead takes the court.

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Fast break, a blur,
Points rain down, a sudden storm,
Net sings, game over.

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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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The squeak of shoes, a rhythm on the floor,
The orange sphere, a target to explore.
A clash of wills beneath the stadium's glare,
Where gravity defies and...

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Lift voice on air
Yell last hurrahs
Ball not come in.

Powerless jump
Tall guy rebound
Ball on long hand.

Point guard dribble
Pair by pair watch
Clock is ticking.

Score tied match
Desperate move
One...

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Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon,
Had moves defenders would frown upon.
From Lagos to Texas, he rose to fame,
And left rivals grasping in shame.

As "Little Moses," they called...

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The bartender strolls from one
end of the counter to the other.
She makes small talk with regulars
who watch NFL games on screens
and a college basketball game
plays...

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Around his height
Bigger he is
Sweeter he be....

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I watched a little basketball
To cheer the U.S.A.,
Though it’s a sport I’d never follow
Any other day.

I also caught some swimmers
Wit their strokes in perfect form,
Racing...

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Before my first kiss or chivalrous embrace
A throbbing pulse in my heart started to race
Sweetly, my love for you began to grow
Knickerbockers I love to...

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  Basketball's  considered a 'contact sport'
    Football is a 'sport of collision'

  Hunting animals 'for sport'
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In the state of Iowa girls basketball is the biggest sport.
Bigger than golf, football, baseball or any other that you’d sort.
We are basketball players before...

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Our games define us, who we are
    by which ones are most popular

  First comes football, all blood and gore*
 ...

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Five on the floor, five and more
And they're dancing to the show
One and done, over and won
As the march to madness goes

Game on, and the...

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