Best Hoops Poems

finally   my team                                        
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nothing but net
skins over the shirts
are we playing again?...

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Love all you ladies here on the Soup
Irrespective of age, whatta sweet group
Daughters are like some
To all I succumb
If I could, I'd surely jump through hoops


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Hula hoops and pedal pushers
Baseball cards and Slinkies
Penny loafers and bobby sox
Pony tails and a dime jukebox

Where are all the fads today --
But for video games we play --
Electronic devices all the rage
Hi-tech gadgets, center stage...

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Sir Patrick Henry
Saw America in a quandary
Shook the house by its boots
After ten years of jumping hoops

~*~...

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Now I’m not a guy likes to dunk,
But this overseas backboard is junk.
For the costs I’ve incurred,
I should beat Larry Byrd,
Or hit a three-pointer, I’d thunk.

See, the front of the rim always droops,
And that makes it hard to play hoops.
Plus, the pole is too short;
it...

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I jump through hoops for my girl
She's so hard to love and cherish
Can’t seem to find the precious words
To make her see I love her so

I touch her gently ever careful
She thrust me away every time
What can I say to make it right?
To make her...

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Jumping Through Hoops



     Systematic nervous breakdown, head filled full of lies
         Walking around uncertain looking up towards the skies

          The reality of life in...

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For all of my life, one thing’s remained clear,
“Corona” meant lime juice, and Mexican beer!
Or jewel studded crowns, worn for mere show,
By Royals of pedigree--a priceless Chapeau.

But one thing’s escaped me, at least until now,
“Corona” the VIRUS, threatens survival somehow;
Spread by the touch, a cough,...

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What is it you need:
     A job?
     A loan?
     A doctor’s visit?
     An—ugh—insurance claim?

Here’s seventeen forms
And a roll of red tape

We need your picture
Your fingerprints
Eight forms of identification
And a...

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Distortion of self-made reality
Creation of un-lived memories
Sanctifying of painless fantasy

One day the truth may come out
Till then the snakes are about

They will schmooze you
They might placate you
They probably will instil hope in you
All in all they will manipulate you

What will become of you?
A new you?
It...

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Reading contest requirements
which make me jump over hoops,
shakes my head until it droops,
discourages me from submitting ,
rather than writing I end up spitting,
it is a game of utter frustration
as my psyche goes through deflation,
and my muse hits a ten-foot tall brick wall,
screaming all the way...

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Whatta bunch of friends I have here on the Soup
You guys are the best, you make me happy as poop
A day without poetry
Is a day wasted totally
Feel like skipping like a fairy through hoops...

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Yo-yo's and hula hoops
  We all ate our Campbell Soup

Down our stairs went Mr. Slinky
  For dessert, Hostess Twinkies

Lucky guys rode ten-speed racers
  Drank Seven-up with Kool-Aid Chasers

After school, the Mickey Mouse Club
  With TV dinners for our grub 

The '50's...

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Bridge requires a square table
With a player on each side.
Exchange your greenback dollars
For slot machine quarters to provide.

A basketball team that hoops it up well
May make March Madness semis for a spell.
Pro golfers hit the greens in two pairs
Driving and putting to crowds gaping stares.

Mom...

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