Ball is Life

Smooth Sam is what we call him

Crossing over everyone easily 

And says he might even get a trim

Straight outta Philly

Not to be undone by Fragile Fred

He puts in a lot of soothe work

He got hit many times and fled

He will be better some day 

And from the nba wrote the coach a letter

They called him the underdog

He is like a rolling ball being stopped by a lot of people

And covered b the dark

 

He is like the flame of a candle dancing in the dark

But he is still overlooked

Cause he can't do a basketball hook

But came back the next year made everyone shook

Sonnet

Shall I compare thee to a plane?
Thou art more dark and more designs
Rough straps do shake the tone of my lane
And logos hath all too short a sign
For the use of basketball
And comes with me to school
Sometimes I lay it on the wall
A tone of cool
In which it has my homework
It cost a great of money 
Always read to work
Sometimes it looks funny 
Always have it in class 
Never to be left on the grass

Haiku

                                                                 Painting Community 

Symbolic language

Emotional resilience 

Representation

Deep Meaning

May not understand

Belief amongst kids

Poetry moves us

Educational

Authentic audience

Poetry opens venues

Motivates writers

English

Poems defy rules

Read poetry in prime language

Universal poetry 

Creates More Around It

Entirel new way 

Resilience in kids and adults

New understanding

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dictionary poem

Ob-liv-i-ous 

It is to

be unaware

of something

that occurs

The other team was oblivious 

to the fact that I would 

score 14 points in my 

basketball game

I was oblivious to the fact

that my town had a lot of

good basketball players

like scoring machines

I was oblivious to two

player's nicknames

Basketball Barry and

Football Fred

Ode to basketball
It is great to hear thee bounce on the court
It's great to smell your scent
You are like my bro

You help get my mind off things
It is great to be alone with you
I like to see you everyday
Swoosh, Swoosh, Swoosh

That's your sound
You smell fresh and new
You are bright orange too
You also have black lining

You help me to look forward to a great future
You have helped me through a lot
Without thee I don't know what I would do
O basketball you are like a friend