Service at a hometown restaurant due to his race: something I address in my I think this is outstanding poetry in anyone's book.Īli said that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio river after being denied The four lines above comprise my favorite Muhammad Ali poem. If he hadn't put his name on it, I might have chosen to use that!" Most famous living American poet, said of Ali's poetic creation: "As a poet, I This poetic epigram was adapted for various fights. The two lines above are the most famous Muhammad Ali poem hell it's probably the The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.
NEVER boring! And most of the men he beat in the ringĮxpressed real respect and admiration for him, sometimes even love, as we shallįloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee. But whatever Ali was or wasn't, he was always original and Barnum, making himself andĭetractors, Ali was a coward, a traitor, a philanderer, an arrogant braggart and/or a He was also, at times, a bit of a ham, clown, conman and shaman.Īnd he may have been the greatest promoter since P. With interviewers like Howard Cosell, Dick Cavett and Mike Douglas contains moreĪli was many things to many people: a superstar athlete, a worldwide celebrity, a cross-cultural icon, a lightning rod forĪttention and controversy, a poet, a philosopher, a prophet, a human rightsĪdvocate, a champion of peace and nonviolence (outside the ring, at least), aĪ provocateur. Her teasing response is priceless! The section on Ali's quick-witted repartee Night of the gore-fest that inspired Sylvester Stallone's Rocky movies. The one about Chuck Wepner and the powder blue negligee he gave his wife for the On this page I have included a selection of Muhammad Ali quotes, epigrams, anecdotes, nicknames and trivia. On a somber note, we also have a new page of poems from around the globe: Poems for the Victims and Survivors of the Coronavirus If you want to read Ali's best poems as he recited them himself, you've found the right webpage. Titled "Confidence Man,""Smokin' Joe" and "Watch Out!" Good examples of such transcribed poems are the ones I have
Of Ali reciting the poems himself and transcribed them to correct glaringĮrrors I found elsewhere. Some of Ali's poems, to my knowledge, have not been reproduced in theĬorrect original form anywhere else on the Internet. Tributes to the great man: "Ali's Song" and "For Ali, Fighting Time." I have also included two poems that I wrote as This page contains a collection of the best poetry, prose, quotes and epigrams by Muhammad Ali Was Muhammad Ali a poet? Were his poems any good, really? Absolutely! The Best Muhammad Ali Poems, Songs, Epigrams, Quotes, Jokes, Anecdotes, Nicknames and Trivia The Best Muhammad Ali Poetry, Including Poems Written by Ali and Poems Written about Him The HyperTexts
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