Poems for LeBron. GetReal's Picks: The definitive list of something no one really cares about.

Remember that Miami Herald/WLRN sponsored LeBron James poetry contest we were mocking a few posts ago? Well the results are in, and they’re kinda well..more insightful and entertaining than you'd think. According to P. Scott Cunningham, who's in charge of the contest, most submission fells somewhere in between loose versions of iambic pentameters and tetrameters. I have no idea what those words mean, but here are some of GetReal’s favorites.

LeBronomics

Financial despair across South Florida

Budget cuts, job loss, broken community

LeBron comes to Miami

The greatest player; the magnificent entertainer

Championships bring revenue and hope,

More than basketball is on the line.

Untitled Haiku from Cleveland

Yo Miami, city near some water.

You got LeBron, from Cleveland he done gone.

Poor you.

Twisted Town

I think that I will never see

More useless hype in our community;

A town whose unemployment soars

And businesses have shut their doors

Where homeless weep and wetlands shrink

Our priorities just stink, I think.

Untitled

Clouds twist and buck like ill-tempered horses as we rest under royal palm

Watching waves crash the shore, my lover stretching her orange and blue James Jersey over bony knees

I ask, ‘Wouldn’t you live here, if you could?’

She turns away and smiles.

Two Words

Who cares!