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A Pitcher Worth a Thousand Words

I never knew a pitcher like the one I met today, he nibbled at the corners, then brought it hard and fast. Though others have been on the mound, I really have to say, I never knew a pitcher like the one I met today. I was trembling in the batter’s box, completely blown away. This was our first encounter — it will not be our last. I never knew a pitcher like the one I met today, he nibbled at the corners, then brought it hard and fast.

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Darren White

Date: 5/21/2017 12:42:00 PM

I am totally in love with forms that are repetitive, like villa- and terzanelle, pantoum, and this Triolet. Iambic heptameter this one, melikes. I know nothing about the sport, I enjoy the poem.

J-Mag Guthrie
Date: 5/21/2017 3:21:00 PM

It's double-entendre between pitching and ... yeah. It's better if you understand baseball. I don't think I can explain the pitching part of it in 400 characters.