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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BASKETBALL Matches Found: 103 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFRICAN JUMP BALL, by AFAA MICHAEL WEAVER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Can you dribble? Aw, man, you can't dribble Last Line: See there, we done set the net on fire Alternate Author Name(s): Weaver, Michael S. Subject(s): Basketball; Friendship; Sports AFTERBURNER, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Like the sound %of st-st-staccato drums Last Line: From my afterburner Subject(s): Basketball; Sports AGAINST ALL ODDS, by ROBERT L. HARRISON Poem Source First Line: The age of 'magic' Last Line: The final point %is made Subject(s): Basketball; Sports ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: They call me Last Line: Names they call me Subject(s): Basketball; Sports ALWAYS AND STILL THE LITTLE GUY, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: I %bring %the %ball Last Line: M e %h o t. %you %burn Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKET COUNTS: THREE, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Minutes as I move around her moving body Last Line: Shot foul line: one and two %is %always %three Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKET COUNTS: FIVE, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Fingers on each %hand Last Line: In circle together. T h e y are my t e a m Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKET COUNTS: FOUR, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Short %quarters and four points b e h I n d Last Line: End of the team bench Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKET COUNTS: ONE, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Boy %on foul line Last Line: The %single %one point %score Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKET COUNTS: TWO, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Points for my team Last Line: Two %points for my team Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKETBALL, by LOUIS JENKINS Poem Source First Line: A huge summer afternoon with no sign of rain...Elm trees in the farm Last Line: Horizon Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKETBALL SEASON BEGINS, by NORBERT KRAPF Poem Source First Line: Except for the throng Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKETBALL: A LOVE SONG BECAUSE IT IS, by TOM MESCHERY Poem Source First Line: I will always remember Last Line: Backspinning beauty through the net Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BASKETBALL: A RETROSPECTIVE, by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My ethics were %a good pair of hands Last Line: Could thread a needle Alternate Author Name(s): Dunn, Stephen Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BEFORE MY MOTHER YELLS HER DINNER INVITATION, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Even %before my father is ready to check my homework Last Line: For the post %game %in ter view s Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BIG GIRL MUST HAVE MOVED, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Out of the far north woods Last Line: Into the very h a r d %w o o d f l o o r Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BIG SISTER, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: S h e can run fast Last Line: Realiza tion %of %g a m e Subject(s): Basketball; Sports BROOKLYN, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: In the county of kings %defense rules Last Line: But defense %still rules Subject(s): Basketball; Sports CITY SPRING, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Early on saturday %morning Last Line: That %hang %from %hoops Subject(s): Basketball; Sports COACH GOES DOWN THE HALL WONDERING WHERE ALL THE MEN WENT, by JACK ROGERS RIDL Poem Source First Line: Where are they, for christ's sake Last Line: Feels an urge to throw an elbow, %trip anyone driving for the hoop Subject(s): Basketball - Coaching; Sports COACH ON VACATION, by JACK ROGERS RIDL Poem Source First Line: Swathed in number 4 coppertone, coach Last Line: He can hear the catcalls-- 'you're %a bum, coach. You're a lousy bum.' Subject(s): Basketball - Coaching; Sports COACH SITS IN CHURCH DRAWING, by JACK ROGERS RIDL Poem Source First Line: In two days, it'll be wampton high Subject(s): Basketball - Coaching; Sports COMING DOWN IN OHIO, by DAVE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My uniform hung air force blue, way uncool Subject(s): Friendship; Poetry & Poets; Basketball; Death; Dead, The COMPETITION, by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Because he played games seriously %and therefore knew grace Last Line: To them, how to agree, %ever, about dignity and fairness? Alternate Author Name(s): Dunn, Stephen Subject(s): Basketball; Competition; Sports COURTESY, by DAVID FERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is an afternoon toward the end of august Subject(s): Weddings; Basketball DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY: TRIPTYCH, by DICK ALLEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The lake beyond the two boys playing basketball Last Line: November day, then night.... Two boys playing ball Subject(s): Basketball; Boys; Memory; Sports DEANIE MCLEANIE, by WALTER DEAN MYERS Poem Source First Line: Deanie mcleanie is a basketball genie Last Line: And there's nothing on the court that the kid can't do Subject(s): Basketball; Sports ELGIN BAYLOR, by MARK SHECHNER Poem Source First Line: You had to see it Last Line: How %he could %dance Subject(s): Basketball; Sports EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pearl avenue runs past the high-school lot Subject(s): Automobiles - Service Stations; Basketball; Sports; Gasoline Stations; Filling Stations; Automobile Repair Shops EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pearl avenue runs past the high-school lot Last Line: Beyond her face toward bright applauding tiers %of necco wafers, nibs, and juju beads Subject(s): Automobiles - Service Stations; Basketball; Sports FALL RIVER, by DAVID RIVARD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; Basketball; Family Life; Anger; Relatives FAST BREAK, by EDWARD HIRSCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A hook shot kisses the rim and Last Line: Floating perfectly through the net. Subject(s): Basketball; Sports FATHERS AND SONS, by LIZ ROSENBERG Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: His boys are so embarrassed they can hardly stand it Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; Basketball FERNANDO, by MARCI RIDLON Poem Source First Line: Fernando has a basketball Last Line: He says he never misses. %my crazy friend fernando Subject(s): Basketball; Sports FOR BROTHERS EVERYWHERE, by TIMOTHY SEIBLES Poem Source First Line: There is a schoolyard that runs %from here to the dark's fence Last Line: An' they're fillin that sucker up Subject(s): Basketball; Sports FOUL SHOT, by EDWIN A. HOEY Poem Source First Line: With two 60's stuck on the scoreboard Last Line: Dives down and through Subject(s): Basketball; Sports FROM HOOSIER HOOP-LA, by ROBERT PETER TRISTRAM COFFIN Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Hoosiers make a whole religion Last Line: Cleaving the net-loops with the ball Subject(s): Basketball; Sports GRANDSTANDER, by ANNE HAEUSLER Poem Source First Line: The score was tied Last Line: For winning the game Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HA LF TI ME, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: I %lie %on %the %flo or Last Line: Drips %out %my %mouth Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HAIKU #2, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: The soft leather pings Last Line: Fast %and in control Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HAIKU #3, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Sneakers squeak %on floors Last Line: A sound %all its own Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HAIKU #4, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: The trick to the ball Last Line: A flick of the wrist Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HAYES IVERSON, by MEL GLENN Poem Source First Line: The score is tied Last Line: The ball %drops %in, %69-68 Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HIGH FIVE, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: 1. Strap a jet propulsion pack on my back Last Line: 5. I close my eyes above the rim. %and lunch %eat my Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HOME GAMES, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Three afternoons Last Line: On the same %team Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HOOP BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Any soft small %round Last Line: Behind the bedroom door Subject(s): Basketball; Sports HOW EASY IS THIS?, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Shake %left Last Line: And say %'all %day!' Subject(s): Basketball; Sports I TRY TO TURN IN MY JOCK, by DAVID HILTON Poem Source First Line: Going up for the jump shot, %giving the kid the head-fakes and all Last Line: But, shit, %the shot goes in Subject(s): Aging; Basketball; Sports IN YOUR FACE, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: I %w a n t %y o u %t o %r e c o g n I z e Last Line: The %b a c k %o f %m y %h e a d Subject(s): Basketball; Sports INTO THE BACKDROP, by JAY S. NEBEL Poem Source First Line: Playing hoops down on the park blocks Last Line: We played four hours straight - so tough, %we could break concrete Subject(s): Basketball; Children; Sports IT IS THE FEEL OF THE PEBBLE RUBBER BALL, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: On fingers %on palm Last Line: Way down the court Subject(s): Basketball; Sports JUMP SHOOTER, by DENNIS TRUDELL Poem Source First Line: The way the ball %hung there %against the blue or purple Last Line: Breathe deeply and begin %to whistle %as I walked back home Subject(s): Basketball; Sports JUMP SHOT, by RICHARD PECK Poem Source First Line: Lithe, quicker than the ball itself Last Line: Yet neatly, neatly weaving in the pattern Subject(s): Basketball; Sports JUMPER, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: She %has %springs in Last Line: And %cling %ing %net Subject(s): Basketball; Sports LAST DITCH, by JACK ROGERS RIDL Poem Source First Line: Thirty-one seconds on the clock. Coach is down on one knee Last Line: And jeannie cups her hand around my neck Subject(s): Basketball; Sports LAST QUARTER'S LAST RESORT, by JACQUELINE SWEENEY Poem Source First Line: That guard is like Last Line: And if this weren't enough %I'm short Subject(s): Basketball; Sports LUCKY SEVEN WISH LIST, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: 1. Give me l o n g legs Last Line: 7. Just %give me the dunk Subject(s): Basketball; Sports MAN THEY CALL DR. J., by PETE VECSEY Poem Source First Line: Doesn't just shoot Last Line: Another impossible two-pointer Subject(s): Basketball; Sports MICHAEL JORDAN, by CHARLES COMFORT Poem Source First Line: Performs his acrobatics Last Line: They name those sneakers after him Subject(s): Basketball; Sports MOST PLAYERS DON'T GO PRO, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source Last Line: Into the next %g e n er a tion Subject(s): Basketball; Sports NOTHING BUT NET, by ROY MARTIN SCHEELE Poem Source First Line: The jump shot? It's all in the wrist Subject(s): Basketball; Sports OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE, by RICHARD ARMOUR Poem Source First Line: Our team, though quite tall Last Line: Who sits up on top of the basket Subject(s): Basketball; Sports OH LET ME FLY LIKE MICHAEL, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Over %the s t r e t c h I n g hands Last Line: Oh let me fly like michael Subject(s): Basketball; Sports ORLANDO'S MAGIC, by WILLIAM REVAS Poem Source First Line: I know, a rookie Last Line: That's a poem right there Subject(s): Basketball; Sports OSCAR ROBERTSON: PERIPHERAL VISION, by WILLIAM (BILL) PEARLMAN Poem Source First Line: They clear the left side for him Last Line: And painfully kept open %corners of his eyes Subject(s): Basketball; Sports PATRICK EWING TAKES A FOUL SHOT, by DIANE ACKERMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Ewing sweating, %molding the ball Last Line: And pupils jump %because he jumps Subject(s): Basketball; Ewing, Patrick (b. 1962); Sports PERSONAL BEST, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: In the end the ball slides in down the hoop Last Line: A d d I t I o n. %personal best Subject(s): Basketball; Sports POINT SCORED, by CHARLOTTE CARDENAS DWYER Poem Source First Line: Up against the backboard Last Line: Almost in Subject(s): Basketball; Sports PRACTICE, by TIMOTHY REID STEELE Poem Source First Line: The basketball you walk around the court Last Line: Returning it to you on the ricochet Subject(s): Basketball; Sports PREDATOR, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Perched in hiding like a hawk Last Line: And retreats to the nest until the next play Subject(s): Basketball; Sports RAINMAKER, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Rainmaker steps %on court %to perform Last Line: And all this was done %without breaking a sweat Subject(s): Basketball; Sports REF, by JACK ROGERS RIDL Poem Source First Line: Heading for the next game, ref Last Line: The game easy, the outcome %one's he sure of Subject(s): Basketball - Referees; Sports; Sports - Corrupt Practices REGGIE, by ELOISE GREENFIELD Poem Source First Line: It's summertime %and reggie doesn't live here anymore Last Line: Thinks he's kareem %and not my brother Subject(s): Basketball; Sports REWASH, by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON Poem Source First Line: Like it %was a greased pig Last Line: Pounded us, we played good enough to win Subject(s): Basketball; Sports RUNNING OF THE BALL, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Slippery slidin' %soles %make molds Last Line: Crush %the tin Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SHADOW DANCING, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Shadows %dance %and prance Last Line: Beat %of %my %groove Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SHOOTING, by B. H. FAIRCHILD Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dusk was best. Searching Last Line: Somewhere in the dark Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SIDE LINE PLAYS, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: She %grips the wide %drip Last Line: S l a m d u n k s %junk %into baskets Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SLAM DUNK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The game Last Line: Score! Score! Score Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SOLITARY PRACTICE, by WILLIAM REVAS Poem Source First Line: Dribble, dribble and shoot Last Line: Why can't I do this in a game Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SOME PRACTICE, by JR. JAMES ROSCOE GRABILL Poem Source First Line: The object might be the subject Last Line: You can do what you do %roundly, in clarity Subject(s): Basketball; Sports SPRING THAW, by MARK VINZ Poem Source First Line: Up and down march streets Last Line: Last time mother calling more Subject(s): Basketball; Sports STRINGBEAN SMALL, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stringbean small was tall and trim Subject(s): Basketball; Sports STRINGBEAN SMALL, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stringbean small was tall and trim Last Line: The coach screamed, 'stop! Don't nibble it! %I wanted you to dribble it!' Subject(s): Basketball; Sports TARGET, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: He is leaning over Last Line: Extra %s l o w. %just enough Subject(s): Basketball; Sports TEN TO LEARN, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: 1. Tie laces tight knot two times then tuck in ends Last Line: 10. H a v e a l l t h e s w e a t y w e t f u n Subject(s): Basketball; Sports THIS SHORT GIRL, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: With %long %colt %legs Last Line: My %b u t t. %b a b y %sis ter Subject(s): Basketball; Sports THIS TERM THE SILVER SPOKES, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Can spin and fly and clutch Last Line: On my m o v I n g feet Subject(s): Basketball; Sports TRASH CAN'S ALL RIGHT FOR BASKETBALL, by RICHARD J. MARGOLIS Poem Source Last Line: If you don't want to lean, %keep your city clean Subject(s): Basketball; Sports TRASH ON THE COURT, by JR. CHARLES R. SMITH Poem Source First Line: Didn't I see a picture of your Last Line: Cause I'm %raining all %over you!' Subject(s): Basketball; Sports TWO!, by JERRY SPINELLI Poem Source First Line: Lost amid %the bleachers' squall Last Line: Of net to ball Subject(s): Basketball; Sports VIVE LE ROI!, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: One in a long dark pigtail cries Last Line: The noble game of basket ball Subject(s): Basketball;games;sports; Recreation;pastimes;amusements WE START WITH EARLY MORNING, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: Even before the school bus Last Line: The ball is always in my hand Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WEST IS WEST, by WILLIAM (BILL) PEARLMAN Poem Source First Line: Whenever stardom in light Last Line: Scoring at the edge of the key Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WHEN I GOT IT RIGHT, by CARL LINDNER Poem Source First Line: The ball would lift Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WHEN MY FRIEND WALTER SAYS, by ARNOLD ADOFF Poem Source First Line: We are going to play some ball Last Line: Through %one %steel %hoop Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WHEN THE CELTICS LOSE, by RALPH FLETCHER Poem Source First Line: My face has crusted Last Line: The sound of one bird's sad song Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WHERE'S THE BALL?, by ROBERT L. HARRISON Poem Source First Line: They found the hoops Last Line: Were just having fun Subject(s): Basketball; Sports WHY WE PLAY BASKETBALL, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In december, snow / covered the court Last Line: We build small fires Subject(s): Basketball; Native Americans WILT CHAMBERLAIN, by MAY SWENSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wilt was so built Last Line: For wilt's famous torso %to fit inside Subject(s): Basketball; Chamberlain, Wilt (1936-1999); Sports WINTER BALL, by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The squat man under the hoop Last Line: With dark coming on and the cold Subject(s): Basketball WOMEN'S TEAM AT L. BAMBERGER & CO., by LILLIAN MORRISON Poem Source First Line: Our best forward %wasn't very tall Last Line: The frosty air outside %seemed to greet us with kisses Subject(s): Basketball; Sports ZONE DEFENSE, by ANITA WINTZ Poem Source First Line: Hey, stay outta my space Last Line: Your motion, I'm gonna suspend. %zig-zag, zap Subject(s): Basketball; Sports |
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