Five Seven Five Sports: / 2012 in Haiku – / Language of the Games
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In Five Seven Five Sports: / 2012 in Haiku / Language of the Games, Andrew Hanson reveals a unique celebration of sports in 2012. His collection of haiku poetry highlights, examines, and memorializes the greatest games and the most prominent players and moments from each day of the calendar year. Ranging in length from 1-14 verses, Hansons haiku feature collegiate and professional competitions from all over the world in: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, and many more. Hansons 366 haiku will prompt general sports fans to recall the championship games and most successful athletes of 2012, language enthusiasts to pore over the alliterations, acronyms, and analogies, and avid sports fans to ponder the sophisticated strategies and record-breaking performances that are detailed.
Andrew Hanson
Andrew Hanson played three seasons of professional baseball in the Independent Leagues following four years of success on the diamond for Princeton. He has previously published articles about sports in The Sports Lawyers Journal and The Keene Sentinel. He currently resides in Boston, in between the Garden and Fenway.
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Five Seven Five Sports - Andrew Hanson
FIVE
SEVEN
FIVE
Sports:
2012 in Haiku –
Language of the Games
ANDREW HANSON
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Published by AuthorHouse 2/12/2013
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CONTENTS
January 2012
February 2012
March 2012
April 2012
May 2012
June 2012
July 2012
August 2012
September 2012
October 2012
November 2012
December 2012
In loving memory of Dad,
and of Connor, my best teammate
JANUARY 2012
JANUARY 1, 2012
Up twenty-eight points,
The game’s outcome not in doubt,
Tight end tally looms;
Pats’ interception
Gives new life to Gronk’s chances,
Down five yards to Graham;
Belichick shows love;
Gronkowski gets one more play,
Grabs yardage record.
JANUARY 2, 2012
Exposed Philly ice –
An outdoor penalty shot
In game’s last minute;
Lundqvist stones Briere,
Saving fifth Winter Classic –
Rangers tops in East.
JANUARY 3, 2012
Wilson’s Rose Bowl spike,
Lingering for Badgers’ fans –
Arena timing;
Evans banks a 3,
Beating the clock on the wall –
Double-OT bid;
Backboard clock trumps make,
Leaving the Spartans ducky –
Two-day curse on ties.
JANUARY 4, 2012
With Clemson driving
And about to take the lead,
The Fumble happens;
As with Cleveland Browns
Back in 1988,
Momentum is gone;
Off to the races
Speeds Mountaineer Darwin Cook,
With pay dirt in sight;
Ninety-nine quick yards
To the fourth of ten TDs –
An Orange Bowl blowout.
JANUARY 5, 2012
Bosh, alone on wing,
Waits without Big 3 brethren –
Clutch, deep three ties Hawks…
Three OTs later,
Bosh, with thirty-three points in,
Assists Chalmers’ three…
With Ivan fouled out,
Hawks’ Big 3
can’t score response –
Loss with a goose egg.
JANUARY 6, 2012
Sideline-to-sideline
Via Cotton Bowl logo –
Razorback return;
Joe Adams does it –
Fourth for TD this season –
Winning catalyst.
JANUARY 7, 2012
Arian Foster,
With his left arm extended,
Drops double stiff-arm;
The end-zone scamper
Seals Texans’ first playoff win,
Sends the Bengals home;
For stiff-arm victim,
Bengal safety Chris Crocker,
‘Twas a dreadful day;
With arms extended,
His hands ere betrayed him on
Easy, dropped pick-six.
JANUARY 8, 2012
Take that NFL!
He can’t throw it down the field?
See you next weekend!
JANUARY 9, 2012
Jeremy Shelley,
The ‘Bama-LSU star:
A field goal kicker!
JANUARY 10, 2012
In last three minutes,
His Illini down two points,
Brandon Paul the one;
Fifteen by himself,
Against just eight for Buckeyes,
Secures five-point win;
Big 10 hoops battle
Ends with 10 starters scoring,
Two scoreless benches.
JANUARY 11, 2012
Deep three-point baskets,
Perfect from the free-throw line,
Passes that dazzle;
Bighorn Blake Ahearn –
NBA D-League Showcase
Dunk on Iowa;
A Steve Nash Junior,
Efficient on pick-and-roll –
Call-up potential.
JANUARY 12, 2012
Milwaukee free throws –
Bucks’ and Pistons’ perfection –
41 go in…
Hack-a-Howard plan
On display in Golden State –
New attempt record;
Dwight takes 39
To pass Chamberlain in win;
21 go in.
JANUARY 13, 2012
Twenty-three thousand –
New scoring plateau for Dirk –
Twenty-third in club;
Always a Maverick,
Always original form,
Scoring with style points.
JANUARY 14, 2012
Vernon Post
play call –
Shades of Young-to-Owens score,
Back in ‘99;
Alex Smith throws it,
And Vernon Davis catches,
Just past the goal line;
A 14-yarder
With only nine seconds left –
San Fran comeback capped;
The scorer meets coach
For embrace on the sidelines –
Emotions galore.
JANUARY 15, 2012
Rescuer Ed Reed
In overlapping patrol –
Two-minute cover;
His eighth playoff pick,
And batted-down Hail Mary –
Ravens oust Texans.
JANUARY 16, 2012
A fighter for men,
A voice championing peace,
Eyes to the future;
Derek Fisher leads,
À la MLK, Jr.,
In labor dispute…
Fitting winning shot –
Fisher’s three with three seconds;
They stood tall for all.
JANUARY 17, 2012
Danny Green of Spurs
Closes out the first quarter –
3 over LeBron…
Second-quarter’s end –
Half-court choice over LeBron –
3 more points for team.
JANUARY 18, 2012
Trinity’s roll squashed –
Decade-plus two-fifty-two –
Yale jubilation!
JANUARY 19, 2012
Documentation:
Thirty-one not twenty-eight –
Fausto Carfakea.
JANUARY 20, 2012
Emerging from pack,
Love floats to top of the arc,
Buries buzzer three;
With comeback Stapled,
Wingspan celebration starts;
Timberwolves gather.
JANUARY 21, 2012
Half-court heave to tie:
UConn-Tennessee OT?
Napier misses;
Breaking tie with flair,
Snaer prompts Seminole crazies –
Duke home win streak ends;
A refreshed picture –
Brown’s three to tie off the