Life Volleyball Poems

Above the public pool
a volleyball so cool
stuck for years
in the rafters
Someone’s
breath of life
trapped in
it’s bladder
Evidence of
their lingering
presence, me
wondering
if they ever
pondered the 
relevance of
the essence they
left...

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"The Road Less Traveled"

Not all roads diverge in a wood,
Some lead to places misunderstood.
They wind and twist, never straight,
Leading us to a different fate.

While others...

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Art is a one liner
with a beginning 
a middle
and no end ( )...

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Football, volleyball, baseball, softball, 
Racquetball, handball, basketball, hardball. . . . 
There're lots of sports in the world you play with a ball, 
And you...

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A cacophony of cheers
Sand sprays like fireworks
From feet, hands, ball, hair.
Four women, two-a-side,
In a battle for the ages.

A motion of fluidity and a
Knowledge brought forth
From...

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You trod
over
frosted 
farmland
upon
your brow
was ice
and I
felt your
mind and 
knew your
heart and
that was
a sad
device

Smoked out
your life
widowed
your wife
you'll not
have that
daughter
fair nor 
dark haired
son to
toss up
midair

I dropped
you there
from...

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A stranded lone man
talking to a volleyball...
personified friend

though only listens
it gives him inspiration...
wilson the friend




© kashinath karmakar (Dec 2011)
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Placement:9th;(Dec 2011)

Contest:Senryu me a movie Scene

Sponsor:Andrea Dietrich...

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There was a time when I stood tall

             Especially in college, playing NCAA...

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Playing volleyball - give me more!
Don't let the sucker hit the floor!

Just don't dive and hit the floor
Or else have pain forevermore!

Fifteen points it takes...

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