We get in position, about to start,
over the thumps of every heart—
the ones on the rink,
and the ones that came
to watch a thrilling
hockey game.
Third in Loris Lesynski’s popular Crazy About series, ...
A poetic homage to basketball!
The footsteps pound.
The high-tops squeak.
The crowd is loud.
The floorboards creak.
But through it all,
we catch the sound,
the one that’s high above the ground,
that ...
Hurray for soccer!
Anyone / at all / at all / can learn to kick a ball / a ball. A kangaroo could do it, / too, / a bigger kick than me or you but never put one / in a game ’cuz they can kick but / they ...
Thirty poems from the author of Dirty Dog Boogie and Nothing Beats a Pizza!
Sometimes I’m a genius. / Sometimes I’m a whiz. / Sometimes I’s a cabbagehead / But even when I is, / Dazzling dreams ...
The opening refrain of Nothing Beats a Pizza is catchy and fun, just like all 32 poems.
Through Loris’s poems you enjoy language, rhythm, and rhyme—and, most of all, your own creativity. These poems ...