Categories:
cager, word play,
Form: Footle
Tenebrous Throne
...I gazed in the eyes of death and death was tainted.
He shuddered at the dark hues I painted.
Merged with the darkness of the forgone
Eyes black with the dark reborn
Born to dust, I reach my t...
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Categories:
cager, art, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse
Nostalgia and Regret
...Way back when I was a cager cager = basketball player
6' 2," 175 pounds as a teenager
Maintained those stats 'til almost thirty
when my physique became more stur...
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Categories:
cager, growth, nostalgia, sad, self,
Form: Couplet
Swoosh, Swish
...An ingenious device is a basketball net:
Swish, swoosh, swoosh, swish---
Its sweet sound made
From a cager's wish. (A 'cager' is a basketball player)
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Categories:
cager, basketball, language, light, onomatopoeia,
Form: Rhyme
Best Player of the Game
...In the game of basketball,
It's up and down the court;
Ready to dribble and shoot,
Each player shows his worth.
One cager emerges superb,
From every angle scoring;
He drives hard to the ...
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Categories:
cager, basketball,
Form: Verse
Snafu
...“Sorry, coach, I messed up the play,” said the sweating cager.
“No problem, son,” replied the coach, promptly benching him.
After the game was lost, the poor chap received all the blame.
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Categories:
cager, people, social, work,
Form: Acrostic