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His height made him great ’round the basket.
But sadly, poor Wilt blew a gasket.
…Dismayed by his death,
…We all held our breath –
Would Chamberlain fit in a casket?
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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2019.
Posted in Limericks, My Poems, Sports, tagged bard on the hill, basketball, casket, center, gasket, greatest, hall of fame, height, legend, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, poems, poetry, rebounder, records, San Francisco Warriors, sports, tall, the Stilt, Wilt Chamberlain on May 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
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His height made him great ’round the basket.
But sadly, poor Wilt blew a gasket.
…Dismayed by his death,
…We all held our breath –
Would Chamberlain fit in a casket?
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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2019.
Posted in My Poems, Sports, tagged 2014 NBA Champions, Ayres, bard on the hill, basketball, Baynes, Belinelli, Bonner, Buford, Dennis Lange, Diaw, Duncan, Ginobili, green, Gregg Popovich, Joseph, Leonard, Miami Heat, Mills, Parker, poems, poetry, Rolex, Rolls Royce, San Antonio Spurs, Splitter on July 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
……2014 NBA Champions
Few thought the Spurs would win at all –
…The Heat shone like the sun,
Bright stars in their own galaxy
…For third straight title run.
Yet win Spurs did, and win in five –
…One loss by only two,
While rolling over Miami
…Like day devours dew.
Each victory brought lavish praise,
…An unabashed awe
Of how precise their ballet was,
…How few the selfish flaw.
They cut; they passed; they slashed; they drove;
…They stole the ball and ran.
They rained down threes, and now they reign,
…The fifth time in their span.
Ginobili, Baynes, and Diaw,
…And Belinelli, Green,
A Joseph, Ayres, and Splitter, too –
…A basketball machine.
Add Parker, Duncan, Bonner, Mills,
…And Leonard – MVP.
Their bench was deepest in the league
…Like trenches in the sea.
With Popovich, the coaching crew,
…And Buford, the exec,
They took unfinished business
…And finished, marked the check.
The Rolex of pro basketball,
…The Rolls of NBA –
The Spurs of San Antonio
…Are champs another day!
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2014.
Posted in Humor, My Poems, Sports, tagged bard on the hill, basketball, bracket, Dennis Lange, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, Georgetown Hoyas, March Madness, NCAA tournament, number 15 seed beats number two, poems, poetry, sports, upset on March 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
March MADness
Florida WHO???
Beat number two!
That smashing sound,
Heard world around,
That awful racket
Was just my bracket
And Hoyas (Georgetown)
As both crashed down.
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2013.
Posted in Humor, My Poems, Sports, tagged >, <META name = "keywords" content = "Dallas Mavericks, 2011, basketball, championship, Chris Bosh, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA, poem, poetry, professional, sports on June 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
(June 13, 2011, the day after Dallas beat Miami
and LeBron James to win the NBA championship)
Oh, to be in Dallas
…On this Monday morn,
And be a Dallas Maverick man
…While tooting on a horn.
Oh, to be in Dallas
…Now the prize is won,
To join in the spreading joy
…Since they are number one.
Oh, to be in Dallas,
…The place they call Big D.
Today it is a better place
…Than here in Miami.
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2011.