Best Lacrosse Poems

Taken from an oak tree
Carved into a perfect circle
The first time ever thrown into the air
Caught, Cradled, Dropped
Scooped, Cradled, Passed, Caught, Dropped,
Scooped, Dropped
Scooped, Passed, Caught, Shot

An arrow pierces me
My fur stuffed into a spherical pelt of my skin
Stitched up and continuing flying through the air
Closer...

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LORE OF LACROSSE

he plucks the eagle’s feathers
tucks them in his patient’s hair

cayuga’s legs and arms take flight
his eyes behold the heaven’s bright

a powerful bolt of lightening never rests
tossed to and fro with kindred brothers

seven men honor their thunder gods
serious and strong in their athletic prowess

as...

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RITUAL

The anthropology professor
said Iroquois ways were a fading reflection, 
a cultural trace of a poetic narrative of indigenous
wisdom, tribal traditions that marry the spirit of
a primitive people to enduring kinship with the
earth and the sky

The anthropology professor called the delicate
touch the definitive expression of intimate...

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