Long Basketball game Poems

In 1958 Elmer's was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They roared when...

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Today, I'm thinking about a man name Zack.
When he was young, Zack thought a lot about 'tomorrow'.
He tried hard to put 'today' behind him and forget about it.
'Yesterday' seemed inconsequential and of no interest to...

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I need Love
 
I feel so lost I feel so hopeless 
with no love flowing in the air I 
can
Not focus
 I look into the mirror and see a 
human being that has the
Lack of...

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alienated and separated has become society
disenfranchised and distant are now the state of families
all of those systems designed to make us feel connected
have fallen short and now we feel rejected
we're just a bunch of numbers...

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Mardi Gras

Ever since the flames licked 

my fair pink burning flesh,

nothing in my life has remained the same.



I had to go back in to 

save my little brother Chris. 

 Life without him would kill...

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It was a day like every other, 
    In his monotonous life.
He showered and he shaved; 
    Shared a good-bye kiss with his wife.
Dropped his son off at school,
...

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The day is drawing near, but is anyone in a rush, if there was a big clearance sale,  
then you would hear a fuss.
If the sign said concert, baseball, or a football game, people...

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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 cold, snowy winter night, February 1968
   This 'bagel'...

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Through the darkest of nights with cold ice
            Yet remembering in my heart with warm love    

    ...

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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,...

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As I reminisce decades past, it's like a dream with lanes.
One lane takes me down a strange path of years taken.
Childhood years of sadness, empty spaces, broken pieces.
Taken, lost childhood years never again to be...

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They're tearing down Saint Ann's
As I shed a nostalgic tear
Part of my childhood gone
Where I spent my sophomore year
It was September of sixty one
Our very first week of class
It was only a short walk from...

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When Philadelphians wanted to see a basketball game,
the “Warriors” was their first team’s name.
They had several players achieving great fame.
Familiar names included Joe Fulks and Paul Arizin.
They were joined by Tom Gola and Wilt Chamberlain.
However,...

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Why do I always get the news the day after?
Is somebody up above watching out for me?
I can almost hear what sounds a little like laughter
Every time I find out I escaped misery.

It all started...

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I once knew a man who was tall and skinny.
I was 35 at the time with a small family.
If he had a family of his own. I knew not any.
His means was menial and his...

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I can remember a February 
away back in nineteen seventy-four
'Twas a first meeting of my family
and my intended whom I'd spoken for.

Two hour ride to Kentucky's western part
with a basketball game planned to follow 
home-cooked...

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The bartender strolls from one
end of the counter to the other.
She makes small talk with regulars
who watch NFL games on screens
and a college basketball game
plays on another.
For each touchdown scored
mugs are raised.
Fans analyze every run...

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