The prompt for Day 20 of NaPoWrimo is to write a poem that incorporates the vocabulary and imagery of a specific sport or game. Your poem could invoke chess or baseball, hopscotch or canasta, Monopoly or jai alai. The choice is yours!
Cricket fever is in the town, so I decided to write about the most loved game in my family and around, cricket 🙂
The men in my country are crazy about cricket
they jump and they yell at the fall of a wicket
Test series, World Cup, IPL or T20
the league is immaterial for dudes of this gentry
Ground was ready, grass rich green
stadium crammed up, pitch set for team
the blue team dared the ones in green
to chase their score with sweep upstream
Excitement of spectators soon got a tuck
the first green batsman went out for a duck
the players caught up in next five overs
with fours and sixes at balls of spinners
Tension at its peak, all fans eyed the field
the green batsman was to hit a century
the best blue pacer delivered a Yorker
the green batsman went short of one run
The blue team rejoiced, the green didn’t lose hope
bouncer, full toss, they were all set to cope
finally, the spirit of players didn’t die
the blues and the greens ended with a tie!
Good one Vandana. 🙂
Thanks Raja
Very well captured Vandana! Imagined the whole match 🙂
Thanks Smitha 🙂
I kinda miss watching cricket… lovely poem
Thanks. Cricket match is always a great source of entertainment..never boring 🙂
Sincerely stated ! Thank you for writing about cricket
Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
nice one
Thanks 🙂
Welcome