Like a busy bee
Bee ducks and fakes
Pops back and swish
Another basket
Another layup
Another three-pointer
Dribble dribble
Bobbing and weaving
Through the crowd
To draw another foul
Bam! Another layup
Another three-pointer
Fast break full court to Bee
Another swish she
Another twenty-three
With grace and beauty
Another D1 player
Takes the stage
Bee
tom tenbrunsel
Carl Sandburg Writer 2023
Author’s Notes: I know Bee and she is all you would expect and more. Cute as a button, friendly, a great basketball player, smart, good grades - she is the whole package. Plays showcase ball and is being scouted already in eighth grade. The poem, like Bee, is intended to be read like the hurry up, busy, busy pace of fastpaced full court competitive basketball. The way the game was meant to be played. She will smile at you and steal the ball, dribble down court for a fast break layup, then smile at you again! A pure shooter, Bee is competitive and right at home mixing it up on the court. She can dribble, fake basket then pull up and “drain the trey.” Her favorite phrase is “Bring it!” Keep your eye on Bee, she’s going places.
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