Poetry Notebook

Basketball

Selected by Kun Hee Yeo

Description:

Being one of the most popular sport worldwide, basketball is played all around the world by a lot of people. It is also proven that playing basketball helps growing taller when played at a young age. Basketball is also scientifically proven to increase your agility if played continuously. Here are some poems by veteran basketball players. Some of the poems show about the feeling when playing basketball and others compare basketball actions to other activities.

Synopsis:

My favorite sport is basketball so I decided to make the topic of my collection as basketball. Here are some wonderful poems by veteran poets.

Poems:

• Slam, Dunk, & Hook by Yusef Komunyakaa
• Buzzer Beater by Zack Fick
• Old Men Playing Basketball by B.H.Fairchild
• Ex-Basketball Player by John Updike
• Foul Shots: A Clinic by William Matthews
• Basketball by Zack Fick
• Love of the Game by Josh Underwood
• Chasing Perfection by Zack Fick