Free Verse Basketball Poems

The world doesn’t want me—
I feel it in the spaces between words,
in the rooms that fall silent when I enter,
in the way their eyes cut...

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Like succulent peaches ripen on the tree
So is my heart aching for thee
Like   mouthwatering grapes hanging from the vine
I can now confirm that...

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The bartender strolls from one
end of the counter to the other.
She makes small talk with regulars
who watch NFL games on screens
and a college basketball game
plays...

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I practice with long, difficult, trials of

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

Try out for a team,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

Fail,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

Fail,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

rain,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

snow,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

hurt,

Dribble Dribble Shoot,

pain,

Dribble...

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Equines 

Two horses and a foal graze on my land
twilight, gentle rain

I  think of the days when ploughing 
the field, a sturdy horse

a long furrow on rich...

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With one hand on my thigh
I realize it's time
To pick
My booger
At night all alone
I pick.
My boogers.
And when one hangs low.
I stop
And think
About my life...
2 people...

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* an updated version of a piece I wrote for my favorite baller, Kevin Garnett *

       ~

intensity ... defined
excuses...

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In Loving Memory
In loving memory John Kleeves
Written By: Ashley Marie Gilchrist 
02-02-2015

Although I can not heard you I thank you, for always being there
Even when...

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   ‘More drama swirls around Caitlin Clark’
      ‘Angel Reese’s pregame outfit kills the internet’
    ...

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  Yesterday, down twenty-two to one
  The Chicago Bulls, that game won

    Miracles occur daily
    The impossible...

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A bland Sunday
Today, on an otherwise boring Sunday, I drove to the place on earth where I was truly happy 
It is a place along...

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I've practiced this moment 10,000 times 
It won't go away instead, it magnifies in my mind

Late nights and early mornings... I know them
Working,  honing,...

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ALWAYS TAUGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING "; LIVE THE RIGHT DREAMS; CUZ I'M ALWAYS  ON STEEM MIND IS ON MY GREEN LIKE A...

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ON... MY MISSION ... EVERYDAY... VISION.. HOPING... AND WISHING...LISTEN...ALIGN...
YOUR... INTUITION... MY AMBITION... IS TO GET IT!! BELIVE IT HARD TIME AND PAIN I DONE LIVE...

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Three Point Shot


You reach the line, an almost perfect semicircle,
Racing from one side of the court to the other, avoiding the hoop
In a soft wide...

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