Ughg

I'm already dreading the hot sweaty gym

He hates all of us, all of us hate him

Basketball practice isn't supposed to be in July

It's summer vacation, it's supposed to be mine

Just a few hours, why is she making me go?

I'm no good at sports, she oughtta know

An hour on the bench isn't what I wanna do

A whole hour of my time that I don't want to lose

Author's Note

I. Freaking. Hate. Basketball.

I don't want to go to practice tonight, it's not even required, but I'm being forced to go.
I'm being immature, I know it, just let me whine a little bit.

Reviews

[Arutha]

Lol, my mom used to force me to take piano lessons, which I hated. Of course, now I wish I could play the piano, but you know...

I love your rhyme scheme (though the forced rhyme can be over-utilized, for the record) and the straight-forward approach of your writing. It flows fairly well, but based on your obvious skill, I think it could be even better. I might recommend putting more thought into your syllable structure when you're writing rhymes. I would probably check out some Shakespeare or some Frost (one of my favorites) for inspiration. FYI, I'm no good at syllable structure myself, but I love rhyming poems anyway, lol! Overall, I think this poem rocks, and I can see that you're a natural with the rhyming style.

I also enjoyed the relate-ability of this piece; I think everyone has had a similar experience with an authority figure at some point in their life.

[Annabelle Lee]

Thanks!!!! I love those reviews!

[Nia Hope]

Great write I know the feeling at least its only a few hours a day, once band camp get s here I'll be at school almost all day lol

[Annabelle Lee]

ohhhhhhhh that blows

[Nia Hope]

Lol it will be fun the only thing that sucks is that I'm in Vegas and it doesn't normally get cooler than about 100 outside

[Baby Ricochet]

Being forced to do anything pretty much blows

[Annabelle Lee]

I second that

[Ahmad Cox]

Hehe yeah I actually know what you mean. This poem actually brought a smile to my face. Thanks for posting. I have some new poems you might appreciate as well. :)

[Annabelle Lee]

I'm swamped with reviews at the moment. will get to them when I have time

[Ahmad Cox]

No problem.

[Frieda P]

You're allowed to whinge Annabelle Lee, if all the adults here can whine, myself included you can throw as many hissy fits as you deem necessary.

[Annabelle Lee]

Thank you!

[ANTO]

I think you speak for such a huge swathe of your generation Annabelle with this piece AND every generation since 'time'/ I mean 'gym' began. Our Phys Ed teacher would line us up to kick a ball at us which he found hilarious. Now thats not tarring them all with the same brush (I know you aren't either) but there are some bad ones out there.
Get it out of you --
Good write
X

[Annabelle Lee]

thank you!

[Simon Welsh]

Basketball isn't a big deal over here. But the meatheads ruined football (soccer to you). So I get where you're coming from. Nicely written.

[Annabelle Lee]

thank you!

[Pryde Foltz]

I hate basketball, too. Nice rhyme scheme.

[Annabelle Lee]

thank you!

[Mir]

Short, humorous, relateable. And I liked it!
And I agree! I dread practices during summer. It's summer vacation. Not for practices. lol
Great write! Really enjoyed it! :)

[Annabelle Lee]

I wake up on mondays tuesdays and thursdays before 5 to go running, have weights training at 7 then go to work and on tuesdays have basketball at 6pm this doesn't feel like summer break

[Mir]

Oh geeze! That sounds...awful... lol

[Me]

You chose to want to play. No one made you make that decision. You always give everything your all. You never let it beat you when you want something. You don't want to go then fine. don't.