This week we're going to celebrate a type of poem I remember writing a bunch of in early elementary school - the acrostic poem. It's a simple poem where the first letter, syllable, or word of each line spells out a word or message - typically what you're writing about.
Maybe Shakespeare actually studied the acrostic in school, as it's popularly used as a mnemonic device. I know I had a bunch of these types of acrostic poems, the most memorable one being in third grade to remember the order of the planets, starting with the one closest to the sun:
My (Mercury)
Very (Venus)
Eager (Earth)
Mother (Mars)
Just (Jupiter)
Served (Saturn)
Us (Uranus)
Nine (Neptune)
Pickles (Pluto - yes when I was in third grade, Pluto was still a planet. Nowadays, apparently my mother is not serving me nine of anything.)
So this week, I'm using this simple yet fun form of poetry to celebrate one of my great loves, where I get one of my favorite quotes from, which is applicable to both the game, and life in general: "You'll always miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."
I Love This Game
Before I had a team, I had a ball.
A black-and-yellow
Striped ball that I
Kept near the chain-netted hoop cemented into concrete.
Ever since that first dribble,
That first sound of a swish, and
Banking that first lay-up,
All I've wanted to do is play. I
Love this game and I
Love this feeling.
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