Star Basketball Poems

   Caitlin Clark this, Caitlin Clark that
     your name is magic, you're the Cat in the Hat

  ...

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basket

shooting

three pointer

nothing but net

victory
...

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In Kuwait's embrace, a star does shine,
Yousef al-Mutairi, talent refined,
On the court, he soars, with grace untold,
Representing his land, a story unfolds.

With dedication fierce, he...

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Nikola Jokic, the opposite of cool
  The woke NBA had him pegged for a fool

    Calmly drops in 40 a night...

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Old-time fans called him 'The Great White Hope'
    Larry Bird had to 'walk the tightrope'
  He was no dope; he knew...

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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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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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I have researched the issue extensively
  and concluded most indubitably
The #1 problem we must confront immediately
  is that the NBA is Tibetan-Nepalese free...

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He was born a bouncing baby boy in the year 1975 in Hampton Virginia.

To two loving parents Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton.


While growing up in...

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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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Wow! What a great move!
He fakes them out of their shoes!
Fifty points tonight...
Yeah, my son, 'the superstar'
~ Wish he'd treat his mother right...

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There once played a Chicago Bull
To spellbound fans, a stadium full
His name was Michael Jordan

He jumped above the rim so high
It seemed his head might...

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Michael Jordan, number twenty-three
Greatest of all time, that ever be?
  He and his Bulls were sure 'a-rambling'
  Till he ran afoul of his...

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Mr. LeBron James
The King of Hoops
   No Big Deal
   On Poetry Soup...

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I lie in my bed at nights and look through my window 
Praying a star would fall so I could just make a wish 
I...

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