Best Dunking Poems

dunking one toe
into the lake
before jumping in



published in my photobook A TOUR OF ASHBY LAKE, 2020

posted on September 6, 2019...

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DUNKING ONE'S BISCUIT  . . . 

Dunking one’s biscuit is more than a flippin’ skilled art
When getting it to one’s mouth without it falling...

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chai tea in red cup
dunking bag like chapel bell
down and up to lips —
palms commune around the mug
chains of cold release their hold

2/28/2020...

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Invisible predators steal my soul
taking me to a bowl of stale potato chips
dunking me down beneath the cigarette butts
That were not ever well-hidden in the...

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Topic of Conversation (Heroic Couplet)

Say what you want about the man in black 
You think he cares about that, he got stacks.

Akron Ohio was his...

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10 Little fingers 10 little toes 2 little eyes everyday they save a life.
Every day she will arise to go to work 9-5 flipping burger's...

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Come join the unraveling circus
quite soon to be passing our way,
with the clowns in a clamor to twerk us -
line up as they lead us...

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I tried dunking a basketball but it wouldn’t fit in my coffee cup

12/9/2015...

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I'm going for an alley-oop, dunking on your head like "Shaq"
Home court advantage here on the soup, and I'm ducking and dodging your wack 
attack!
I'm...

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Part 1 - Unforgiveable

Beyond all rhyme and reason
Utterly beyond the pale
To be denounced in any season
A complete and utter FAIL

Eleven million watched in awe
Some driven...

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She turns from side to side in the mirror
As she critiques her body
Comparing it to the fashionista standard size 2 
So far she’s found at...

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Bouncing the ball on the court 
Air balls flying through this sport 
Slam dunking hard on the rim 
Knowing to guard her or him 
Elevating...

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If I could be your President,
certain things would change!
Since no one really knows me,
I suppose you think that's strange!

Folks might think I'm crazy!
But soon, they're...

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I'm at Dunkin Donuts dunking a donut,
for the experience.
Letting my memories pass through me.
Not repressing any of them.

I'm pretending to be a scientist
of the mind.
It's...

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I’m dying…I really am
And those around me see the forces pushing me out
Sticky black outlines me, scratching its way inside
I feel like the divided creatures...

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