Basketball Sonnet

• Toneal Revell, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2009

As I dribble down the court
My team spreads across the floor
The defence sets up a fort
The ball bounces out the door

The ref goes to get the ball
It's the other team's throw in
They throw it to someone tall
And it hits her in the chin

The coach made her call a sub
There were two minutes to go
The sub came on, a real chub
And she was running quite slow

We lost the game, which we feared
But the Marist crowd still cheered!