Long Take one for the team Poems

My umbilical scar is hollowed out
Now it's like a tiny wormhole on my belly 
Its a cherished remnant of the coil that nourished me into existence 
I still feel a little tug through my bell...

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A poet's work [like journalists] is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, to start arguments, to shape the world and stop it from going to sleep. - Salman Rushdie

Don’t think...

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Number 22 in 1963


The prior season and many seasons past had been great for our school. However, the ‘62-’63 season was to prove disastrous for our school. I had been looking forward to the 63-64...

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Twas the night of the Ladies League Final and the atmosphere was tense
Only two teams were competing, no loyalties allowed on the fence
There could only be one winner, the team with strongest will
And if you...

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Somewhere on the hardwood 
Play grounders said you were good 
Talent agent brought you indoors 
They were really fir sure 
In between the flashing lights 
Gleaming and bright 
Loud noises 
Drowning out sociable voices 
You...

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Stepping heavy as the burden of my heart breaks
Heartfelt, never made an effort that was half-hearted  
enough to be coming at your heart in half-steps
Check my prints, my footsteps never matched them
The path I...

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I was playing near a college town,
people pay money to hear my jokes,
when back-clad fools charged upon stage,
at first I thought it was a hoax.
Then they said my jokes about dating
were ‘Patriarchal Misogyny,’
everyone’s good time...

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Seven first graders with their mute buttons on.
Not knowing what to do when I ask them to unmute themselves.
This is a friendly lunch bunch where they are allowed to talk.
Not like the rest of their...

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A Leprechaun’s Christmas Dream 

This story is of a spry little elf’s most sacred special ever dream;
His hope to work one day for Santa Claus on his North Pole team.

This tiny green man, a true...

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I hear the pain in his voice as he sing the song from his soul
 Making me wonder why did they chose a memorial marathon to bomb was it to inflect more pain upon the...

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all the work i do
all the sweat and tears i've shed
only to get to this moment of disappointment
not in how i do my work, 
but the people who surround me
looking down on me as if...

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Both teams seem equal. Can we call this A and B?
Coin tossed; goal-post chose; both, lo, relax for a wee; 
The referee blows his whistle, B to kick-start,
Players plunge into deed; wet lips of spectators...

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Once upon a time-a girl was sitting on the bleachers.
Mesmerised by the jocks' good-looks and features. Suddenly, a cute guy ran past her,
Not sparing her a glance, he ran faster,
He was the one, from the...

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Dearly beloved  those gone but not forgotten  masqueraded in blood and  gore  wrists slit themselves in protest they were being optimistic. In a peculiar protest took one for the team, fully...

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Last year I wrote of a Red Sox team
The fans did not exactly scream
They could not swing, field or hit
Last place was theirs, that was it.

But John Henry said  ENOUGH  of that
I will...

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I am a sidewalk.
I am new, freshly paved.
I am solid. 
I attract attention, 
Even if only for one unmemorable moment...
Before you step on me.
I don't pay much notice
To the footprints, the evil soles
That come solely to harm...

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I step inside the gaping hole
And think back,
Respond to the attack
From those years gone by,

Create a living out of the unheard cries
Surrounding the dreams
Of a one thousand strong team,
Pushing on into eternity

Into the certainty
Of where...

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On a passing cloud there floats a dream
You and I will meet, down by the stream
Holding hands, sweet kisses in a sunbeam
Our hearts will beat as one, now a team

On a passing cloud there floats...

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Four long years have past, World Cup here at last
Thirty two teams full of hope, live their dreams
from all over our world, adorers massed 
Within Russia's realms, friendship to extremes 

Football fever, expectation from fans
Nil...

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The papers headline on the furgal page
Spoke of The Albacrises defeat in Eden City
People were angry there champions had fallen.
The team had been undefeated for six consecutive
seasons. The team owner made it worst when he
Sent...

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As we re open our gates on the 20th July
If only we knew what was ahead of us when saying goodbye
From highs to lows we have laughed, and we have cried
Experiencing a pandemic which travelled...

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With body and spirit we live;
   as one, forms a team that will give
      support to each other- yet find
our spirit empowers the mind.

The mind is a powerful...

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Imagine a life, without worry or hurt, without sadness or happiness, without love or hate, without trust or loyalty, life doesn't have existence , life is a gift, we should treat it with self-respect, and...

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a butterfly, a rainbow, a shooting star,
a brick, a rock, a slit throat,
blood, bruises and lies
a Father's fist, a mother's cry,
a child hides...
a butterfly, a rainbow, a shooting star,
pathetic, pain, and worries
a daughter's cry a...

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As a young man, his world awaited
His thirst for success unabated
Found his niche, hunger unsated
To build a better team

Years went by, his fortunes grew
Ever larger crowds he drew
Trophies, accolades accrue
A legend it would seem

With his...

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