Slam Dunk: Basketball Poems - Hardcover

Patrick Ewing Takes A Foul Shot by Diane Ackerman
Offensive Defensive by Richard Armour
From Hoosier Hoop-la by Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Michael Jordan by Charles Comfort
Basketball: A Retrospective by Stephen Elliott Dunn
Point Scored by Charlotte Cardenas Dwyer
Shooting by B. H. Fairchild
When The Celtics Lose by Ralph Fletcher
Hayes Iverson by Mel Glenn
Reggie by Eloise Greenfield
The Grandstander by Anne Haeusler
Against All Odds by Robert L. Harrison
Where's The Ball? by Robert L. Harrison
Foul Shot by Edwin A. Hoey
Basketball Season Begins by Norbert Krapf
When I Got It Right by Carl Lindner
Rewash by Myra Cohn Livingston
A Trash Can's All Right For Basketball by Richard J. Margolis
Basketball: A Love Song Because It Is by Tom Meschery
The Women's Team At L. Bamberger & Co. by Lillian Morrison
Deanie Mcleanie by Walter Dean Myers
Oscar Robertson: Peripheral Vision by William (bill) Pearlman
West Is West by William (bill) Pearlman
West Is West by William (bill) Pearlman
Jump Shot by Richard Peck
Stringbean Small by Jack Prelutsky
Orlando's Magic by William Revas
Solitary Practice by William Revas
Fernando by Marci Ridlon
Nothing But Net by Roy Martin Scheele
Elgin Baylor by Mark Shechner
Two! by Jerry Spinelli
Practice by Timothy Reid Steele
Last Quarter's Last Resort by Jacqueline Sweeney
Wilt Chamberlain by May Swenson
A Poem For Magic by Quincy Troupe
Slam Dunk by Anonymous
The Man They Call Dr. J. by Pete Vecsey
Spring Thaw by Mark Vinz
Zone Defense by Anita Wintz
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Gr. 4^-6. Similar in focus and format to Morrison's anthology of baseball poems, At the Crack of the Bat (1992), this collection showcases 42 short poems about basketball. Poets include Mel Glenn, Eloise Greenfield, Lillian Morrison, Walter Dean Myers, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Swenson, and former Seattle Supersonics forward Tom Meschery. Varied in style, some of the poems are tributes to superstars, some reflect the experience of playing the game, and others celebrate the swish of ball through net. In a reversal from most poetry books, the illustrations nearly outshine the verse. Bill James' black-and-white, shaded pencil drawings and color-shot pastels capture movement as well as subject and composition. The lively lines and vibrant colors reflect the quickness of the game and the many moods of the verse. A choice collection for those who find poetry in basketball, but don't expect to find basketball in poetry. Carolyn Phelan