Short Basketball Poems

Short Basketball Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Basketball by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Basketball by length and keyword.


Six-Pack-Abs

super
interesting
xylophone just cause

poop
amazing
cool
kinetic energy just cause

awesome
boots
super fantastic
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Virtual Globetrotter

Strapping on my goggles
       I was hoping to see Meadowlark

     But every time I toggled
       All I got was Meta-lark
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Son is no Lebron

Bronny James’ game
     came up lame             
              
   demoted to the 'G-League'
     ~ fawning media's shame
Form: Rubai

Cold Day

It was very cold outside.
I had a basketball game we tied.
I went to go eat some turkey.
I saw the pool; it was frozen and murky.
© Luca Muzzi  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Ice Cold Love-

Ill innocent cellular lively intracellular lifeless ice lazy plush  ice cold LOVE-


12/28/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr


Poems 12 To Be the Best

POEMS 12 TO BE THE BEST 



TO BE THE BEST YOU HAVE TO BE TRUE & KIND PERSON. 

TO BE THE BEST YOU HAVE A VERY HAPPY LONING SOUL.

Basketball Bears -Tongue Twister-

Baby bears bounce basketballs, but not before playing blind mans bluff. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Sept.29/2004
art

Lessons

Old Man Bianco his vocal voice
stripped of all it’s octave choice
creaked and crowed in age and vice
“Liquor, tobacco, you pay the price!”
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member IN LIFE'S BALL GAME

Don't be a football,
Thrown and kicked down the field
Like rocks of nature;
Rather, be a bouncing ball
Sowing and reaping life's goals
Form: Tanka

My School

My school is a very great place 
My school has an awesome Basketball Court
My school has an great library
My scool is the best place to be in

Jump Shot

There is a fellow named Paul
Who loves to play basketball
He can run, shoot and pass
And score lightning fast
And is only three feet tall
Form: Limerick

Taming

My scars look like stripes
I am almost a tiger
Her fingers caress my furs
Like brushes on unfinished paintings
And she laughs like a whip
Form: ABC

Swish

I missed the toilet in the dark,
I'm always deadly as a shark,
I miscalculated -
math is overrated...
think basketball: Shoot with an arc.
© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Thirst

Give a glass of water 
To those beyond the altar
Quenching their thirst
Listening to their curse
Giving them a voice
And freedom of choice.

Premium Member 'march Madness' Vs Nba Playoffs

Those college kids sure get excited when they win
    while their professional counterparts barely grin
      ~ although they do get rich as sin
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Life With Trump I

It's bullies Melania fights
The big one is now in her sights
If Donald should stray
His schlong she will flay
And not even give him last rites
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Basketball Picks

Untimely was Hamilton Hicks
In making his basketball picks.
He knew it all well,
How each bracket fell,
But always too late with his clicks.
Form: Limerick

Basketball Limerick

A basket ball player with bounce
Said, “All my opponents I'll trounce.”
But thanks to a gale
He fell on his tail,
And off in a huff he'd to flounce!

My Story

In my dream I worked really hard,
I was hurt yet fought back.
I felt pain, saw progress, and heard praise.
I conquered my fear and won the battle.
Form: Bio

Lockdown Sports News

The basketball player Will Droop
Just skipped to the 'loo for a poop
Our cameras were there
To capture mid-air
This amazing Sports Channel scoop!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Points That Count

Wow! What a great move!
He fakes them out of their shoes!
Fifty points tonight...
Yeah, my son, 'the superstar'
~ Wish he'd treat his mother right
Form: Tanka

Blonde Beatrice

to be in love again
like before.  like the movie.
when you can feel the universes are
all
just the right size
and everything fits like a

glove

Second Date

She said... poetry or prose?
He said ; sports, basketball, Oscar...
Who are you?
I am nobody !
well i am nobody too... !
Idyll with happy ending... !

Zoo

I take my boyfriend to the zoo, 
Where he plays with a chimp named Boo.
He tries to take the chimp home, 
so I said "No, Logan, what's wrong with you!?"
Form: ABC

Jim

A new basketball player in the gym
Was at once by all dubbed Very Tall Jim.
Give him the ball,
Very bad call,
Dribbling in Jim hit his head on the  rim.
Form: Limerick

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