Thursday, December 13, 2012

Basketball

Dribbling,
Passing the rough edged ball.
Hoping for points,
Jumping high,
catching ball in air
dunking ball.
Celebrating,
running back.

Paying defense.
Covering Kobe,
blocking his huge bulk,
his giants arms,
his amazing precision,
his perfect shot,
and that unique 3 pointer.
Slapping ball,
feeling hand burn
from impact.
Ball out of possession,
ball thrown near sideline,
throw ball back
before out of bounds occurs.

Running down,
missing shot.
TIME OUT!
Coach yells,
pick up our pace
he says.
Wants me on the bench.
I refuse, walk out onto field.

Ball is shot,
jumping,
blocked!
10 seconds left,
running to 3 point line.
Shooting with perfection.
Angled off a little,
perfect pass to teammate.
DUNK
BEEEEEEP!

Timer beeps.
Game ovr.
90-91!
Winning is truly better
than anything else.

3 comments:

  1. Great poem, very intense. Keep up the good work.

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  2. Good poem and it really paints an image into my mind which really impresses me!

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  3. Good poem, and great vocabulary. Overall, amazing job!

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