8 Words for Kobe

We asked writers to send us 8-word stories or poems in response to Kobe Bryant’s significant legacy.


Life in unyielding pursuit,
For the love of.

Larry Urrego

Trash ball
Metal bin
Lean back
Release
Kobe!

Jason Katz

Immortalized, indiscretion
forgiven, long forgotten
remember, he paid

Corinne Hawk

blood on their shirts      :      helicopter and hotel room

Archana Sridhar

Every shot you took
Proved others deserved another

B. K. Elroy

Taught me the fadeaway.
Wish you had today.

Ian Mikrut

Golden Shooter
Goblin Green Meteor
Black Mamba Stardust

P. Rashid

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