Basketball Free Verse Poems

In the game of football, one may be
called for an infraction by the toss of a flag.
In basketball, there are whistles and 24 seconds to...

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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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Life can be relentless and unforgiving, stumbling at times crumbling under the pressure of trying to be normal, learning from the obstacles that we must...

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Step outside for a second. 
A second goes by the way a second does. 
The house behind me. 
When you look away from something,
The person...

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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 have no resolution; I stopped that long time ago.
You see, resolution is a firm decision to do or not 
to do something, so you...

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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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We blame a lot of things on God, even more on the devil
easier than accepting our own faults and ways.
Why do we eat when we...

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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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Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly...

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