Best Basketball Team Poems

FOREVER LOVE

 Margie........my one and only........Margie

 love's music echoes timeless
 spring fed      it flows forever

 Pop would get up early, make Mom's hand-mixed
 favorite black and green tea, and when ready,
 he walked down the hallway tinkling her teacup
 with...

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When you wear a dirty shirt,
You're a book getting judged by its cover.
People think you're really poor, or nutty,
Or that you have a menial job.
Or that you're all three of those,
And then they throw in a bunch of other things too.

Maybe you're a drug addict,...

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Why the long face, son? Did someone die?
   Aw, Dad.  I flunked my math exam
Did you do your level best, son?
   I did, Dad.  I studied so hard for the test
You know that's all I ask of you, son...

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You know I met you while at work
    We go to completely different schools
       I just happen to work right inside yours
           Just a little glimpse...

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'Shorty', they called him from the very first grade in school.
He was seldom chosen for any game as a general rule.
He'd reached his maximum height of five feet six as a teen.
Though small in stature, athletic prowess lay dormant, yet unseen!

He tried out for baseball,...

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In Middle School, I played in several basketball games, two of which
were most memorable. One of them we lost but won the other one.

Once in a while, we are blessed with the presence of a magical moment.
They are rare; they are few; cherish them and...

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Below are the majority views of students about to vote
for their next high school head-captain: 


Nelson:

He is tall and handsome,
plays for our basketball team,
knows the best bars in town,
hates maths, just like us.


Pitt:

He's shy,
hates proms and games,
he's a nerd,
he wears heavy glasses


Charlie:

He's a perv and...

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The "Remix" of 1980 and 1986 continued in 2013: The Louisville Cardinals Basketball Team had bliss,and under Rick Pitino the team did a "Remix" of 1980,and 1986! The Louisville Cardinals Basketball Team were a "Hit"! It was like a hit record had been sold,and "The...

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This big and little city is so great.
It is situated near the middle of the state.
The city draws tourists and visitors in a plethora.
It has most of what can be found in Florida.

This place must be the product of a dream.
The “Magic” is the...

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JUST DUCKY, WHY?


“Oh, look, my little Johnny’s the only one in step.”
It had always seemed that way,
somehow, no matter how hard he tried
little Johnny just couldn’t seem to get it straight.

He colored outside the lines
just because he thought the hippo
should be a little bigger, rounder,
you...

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Gregg is greatly revered by his younger brother, 
For his basketball shooting, skill and dexterity, 
He was born Nov. 1996 in Leigh in Lancashire, 
And is a 2.0 player with much junior activity. 

In 2010 at Lord Taverners Nat. Junior Champs, 
He was the most...

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Oh, those carefree days of youth
where did they go, where did they go?

He sits quietly in his recliner watching the TV drone on and on...
Handsome in his youth, now his body is gaunt and frail
his thinning gray hair is brushed carefully over his mottled scalp.
Those...

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In games as in life, we cannot always win; and sometimes we even get  injuries that force us to sit out the game. When in the 8th grade, I made              ...

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Terry was born in Redcar, Middlesborough, 
On the 28th day of June in the year 1983, 
And he flips between Worcester and Spain, 
To train for his basketball matches actively. 

In 2008 at the Worlds Terry won the silver, 
2004 and the Athens Paralympics, a...

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At the age of 17 Ian broke his back, 
In a motorbike accident, had rehab, 
He then worked for a w/c company, 
Who showed him w/c basketball fab. 

For 3 years he played in the club, 
Of the Sheffield Steelers, and then, 
He transferred to...

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