I am not a college basketball fan but when March rolls around I’m crazy for March Madness. It’s the most exciting time of college hoops in my opinion. Over the years I’ve composed pieces about March Madness. Today is the Final Four. I woke up at 3:30am. Unfortunately I could not go back to sleep so I decided to work on my Day Six poem challenge. I decided to write a piece about the Final Four. I finished then knowing I would not be able to fall back to sleep, this due to having to be up and about early today to do volunteer work at a fundraiser, I decided to read my daily poems then do this blog. I picked the
poems to read today; it was an Poe day and of course reading my own from my past challenges. I sort of chuckled when I saw that on Day Six in 2013 I wrote about the Final Four. Again it seems history repeats as far as theme. What would have made it more interesting would have been if any of the 2013 teams were in the Final Four in 2019. Hopefully I’ll be home tonight to catch the first game. Now time to post this blog and get myself ready for the day of volunteering. I hope this fundraiser brings in lots of donations as it’s to benefit children.
Until tomorrow.....enjoy your Saturday.
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“FROM the SPORTS PAGE”
© Scottie-ann Murphy
(Day 6 of National Poetry Month
2013)
Upon the courts today four teams
will battle
With dribbles, passing, guarding,
shooting of two and three pointers
SHOCKERS versus
CARDINALS.....
ORANGE versus WOLVERINES
College hoops fans in sports bars,
pubs and at home
Will watch with anticipation in
hopes their team wins
Cheers, hurrays and shouts of joy
for the victors
Tears, jeers and boos by those
whose teams lost
Two will advance to the final championship
game
While two will return home
preparing for next season
Who will win? Who will feel the heartbreak of defeat?
Only when the final buzzer buzzes
will the outcome be known
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“SPORTING NEWS”
© Scottie-ann Murphy
(Day 6 National Poetry Month 2019)
Down to four....
THE FINAL FOUR....
of the Sixty-Eight....
who entered the playoff games of
March Madness
TIGERS of Auburn verses CAVALIERS of the University of Virginia
RED RAIDERS of Texas Tech against the
SPARTANS of Michigan State
Four remain to battle on the court
Free throws
Three pointers
Field goals
Air pass
Bounce pass
Jump shots....hook shots....alley oops
Offensive......Defensive.....
Flagrant.....Personal.....fouls during the
games
Fans watch with anticipation hoping their
team can score from Downtown
The ball passed.....a few bounces....a player jumps....he shoots....two points on the
board
A personal foul....a free throw....carefully the player concentrates....he throws....he
misses
Hisses......boos from the fans
Four teams playing with pride for their
school
Only two will remain.....only one will be
crowned champions
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