Out of Bounds
Sometimes I miss the basket.
Don't even hit the rim.
But a teammate grabs
the ball and puts it in.
Other times, the ball gets away.
We send it out of bounds.
The other team gets a chance
to make a play.
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Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Out of Bounds
I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
No Games Today
No Games Today
I thought some players
would dribble in,
but time ran out
before they could get here.
I should have known
they would get called for traveling.
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I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
No Game
No Game
There will be no game today.
The normal horseplay stops cold.
No one wants to risk a slip.
Feel the rip as pain takes hold.
This poem is an Awdl Gywydd.
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I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Post Up
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Post Up
Post up.
The pass is
on the way.
Handle it cleanly
and score.
Fumble it
Turnover
Take too long
Three seconds
Post up and
see how well
you play today.
The pass is
on the way.
Handle it cleanly
and score.
Fumble it
Turnover
Take too long
Three seconds
Post up and
see how well
you play today.
What besides leaves begin dropping in the fall? Basketballs going through the hoop! Four months until March, when the madness begins.
I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Poetry Submissions-Take the Next Shot
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Khara House is encouraging people to engage in the submission process via the May Submit-O-Rama Challenge on her blog, Our Lost Jungle. The challenge is designed to give writers/visual artists support during the process, through the information provided on the blog and the fact that others are taking the challenge. Whether you are a rookie, a novice or a veteran of the submission process, I recommend that you take a look at the posts. In addition to providing great information, they are very entertaining.
I am a willing participant in this challenge and that is an important step for me. By my own standards, I really haven't made a lot of submissions.
I have done a lot more open mics than I have submissions. Many people probably think that reading work aloud is more terrifying than sending it in to an editor. I felt it was a better opportunity because I could at least get to the table. I know my voice gave away how nervous I was, but the important thing to me was that I had the chance to read.
I have had a harder time sending out a submission knowing that the likelihood of rejection far outnumbers the likelihood of acceptance and that that is the norm. I have heard the stories of others who have sent multiple submissions to a publication or sent the same work to multiple publications before receiving an acceptance. Intellectually, I understood that's what I should be doing; but I couldn't get comfortable with it. That is, until recently.
What turned things around? A post-game interview I heard during this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. One of the best shooters on a team was having an off night, but made a key shot down the stretch. In the interview, the player was asked how he felt about taking that shot when he wasn't shooting well. He said you don't doubt yourself. You take the next shot, and you always think its going to go in.
When I heard that, I immediately thought of the submission process. I have always loved sports and was fortunate to have a career working in sports. I needed that sports analogy in order to really come to terms with the process.
S-o-o-o, Pond has the curser in perfect position. She hits the send button and....
I am a poet and photographer who likes sports, jazz and art inspired by other art. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the early 1970's and was assigned to the Computer Sciences School in Quantico, VA. I have published a chapbook of grief poems, I Keep You with Me. My work also has appeared in publications such as Thorny Locust Magazine, core. zine,The Enigmatist, Veterans' Voices and Kansas Time + Place An Anthology of Heartland Poetry. My visual art pieces combine poetry and photographs, and have been most recently displayed at InterUrban ArtHouse, Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, Buttonwood Art Space, and The Smalter Gallery.
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