Five Seven Five Sports: 2012 in Haiku – Language of the Games

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, Hanson’s haiku feature collegiate and professional competitions from all over the world in: • Baseball • Basketball • Football • Golf • Hockey • Soccer • Tennis • And many more Hanson’s 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.

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