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Betcha didn't know that the greatest hockey poem ever written was composed by a Rangers fan. John Kieran grew up in The Bronx, went to Fordham University and became renowned as a sports columnist and ...

J.M. Allen’s traditionally published book “Real Rhyming Poems” is available at the Rochester Public Library and some area ...

From Randall Jarrell's matter-of-fact elegy ""Say Goodbye to Big Daddy"" (""who found football easy enough"") to Catherine Bowman's ""My Knicks Are Going to Beat Your Spurs NBA Souvenir Bracelet 1999 ...

Valentine’s Day is Sunday. If your significant other is a sports fan, maybe you could write them a poem. Feel free to use these words from Dave Holmes to impress the one you love. Rose Bowls are red.

Despite Raschka's (The Hello, Goodbye Window) action-filled illustrations, this collection of sports poems lacks pizzazz. The untitled verses brim with fairly obvious sports commentator clichés. A ...

DULUTH — Author Eric Chandler likes to move fast. He moved fast as an Air Force F-16 fighter pilot in combat. He moves fast as a United Airlines Boeing 737 pilot. He sometimes moves fast when he trail ...

I remember the first time I met you, the first Sunday of September. Before we met, archery was predictable; my routine was reliable. The weight of my quiver, the resistance of my string, the curve of ...

NPR wants to read how sports has touched your life — in poetry form. Maybe a home run is like getting your dream job – or asking your sweetheart for a first date felt like a Hail Mary pass. Maybe you ...

Poetry audiences would be larger and happier if every poet followed Barton Sutter's motto. "The reader gets some kind of reward no matter how small in every line," he said over lunch at a bagel shop ...

This poem by Susan McMillan is one of many written in honor of Quarry Hill's 50th anniversary. The poems, written by members of Southeastern Minnesota Poets, are inspired by reflections of park ...