Winter Basketball Poems

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

The Locker
by Michael R. Burch

All the dull hollow clamor has died
and what was contained,
removed,
reproved
adulation...

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As long its walk, moist o'erhangs
This way, that, joint-wended;
As long, you, chill-wetted through
Have, of it, re-stated:

"I doubt this late winter day
Of dullness, redeemably
In a brightness...

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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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Long, winding gravel driveway
  decrepit old Mercury station wagon
    parked there
    doors unlocked
    those big...

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Endless, Youthful days
are never forgotten by anyone, 
neither by us nor time:
they were yours and mine;
can they never be taken away 
from these nostalgic minds
drunken...

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Near the end of October, a gelid wind blew
and froze the corollas of the dainty daisies;
it came as a surprise, sad was the face of...

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Winter, spring, summer, fall
These aren’t the seasons at all

The first is Christmas giving
Makes me happy to be living

March Madness is a blast
Three short weeks, so...

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Here's a tale of a white Chevy Corvair, I car I'll never forget
   Repossessed from a gypsy, I'd be willing to bet...

On a...

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There are three  words we overuse
Or at times refrain
There is such potential in them
They bring you close 
And make you or the person special
Three...

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An overweight lollipop in a heavy winter coat can shiver even on the most warmest of days. For shivers shimmer shaken soldiering shakers and therefore...

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POEM 10 THE WOMAN IN MY HEART 



I WAS LAYING THERE IN THE WINTER NIGHT WITH OUT HER. 

I AM WITH OUT HER IN ALL...

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Tyrkia 
Bosporus 1955 the old tanker where I was
A galley boy had anchored waiting for orders 
To proceed into the Black Sea rowing boat came...

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Cellotape a cornflake to a six inch singular cheese packet then swing under and over the metronome roundabout. And a coffee coloured synonymous character can...

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Love in a Name.

Crystal Falls, I saw this name on the net 
I could so easily fall in love with a woman like her
Her name...

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The giants appear 
When winter skies clear 
To combat the march 
The battle is here 
Bearing the lance 
As the drive to advance 
Through the...

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