Edward Hirsch's poem "Fast Break" captures a single slow-motion play on a basketball court. In this video excerpted from Poetry in America, join Hirsch, host Elisa New, NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol, and Shane Battier, and a group of pick-up basketball players as they use basketball to understand poetry—and poetry to better understand the game of basketball.

Originally released by PBS, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 07, 2019.

Thoughts on "Fast Break" (3:37); --Lyrical Poetry (3:20); -- Language of Poetry (3:23); -- Tone in Poetry (3:30); -- Honor in Poetry (10:23); -- Credits: Fast Break (0:41); .