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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 91°µÍøÆƽâ°æ series, i ...

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 most ...

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 are going on, / Ne ...

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 are to ...