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The Game of Poetry

How about this for OPENERS
You STOLE my heart away
With SIGNS of love and caring
A sparkling two way PLAY

You guys are all a HIT with me
You're WINNERS every time
Raising me in the STANDINGS
Such loyal FANS of mine

Since I was just a ROOKIE poet
Had myself quite a RUN
Feel like a real VETERAN now
This GAME is so much fun

Appreciate every seven STAR rating
This poetry fits like a GLOVE
Quite a CHANGE in one short year
Above AVERAGE kind of love

So I'm gonna keep on SLUGGING
Aiming for the FENCES
Hoping to hit a poetic HOME RUN
And SCORE with all your senses


© Jack Ellison 2013

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Carol Eastman Date: 4/25/2013 11:33:00 AM Really loved the baseball theme... my trolls are more football orientated as hitting their heads doesn't seem to bother them... the dragons favorite sport is trying to recreate the fourth of July everyday... But the old codger next door shares his radio with Grandpa Troll for baseball... They both sit by the lake and have the dragon roast hot dogs... to go with their beer... LOL Summers a coming I can hear it every where... Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 4/25/2013 11:42:00 AM Used to be a baseball FANATIC!!! Knew every player, their averages, how many home runs and what kind of underwear they wore... jockeys or those loosey goosey, free swinging boxers! LOL xoxox

Timothy Hicks Date: 4/25/2013 9:48:00 AM I love the BOLD caps. They EMPHASIZE your point to the EXTREME... hehehe. It would be a gloomier place without you here, Jack. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the seven star ratings though? Lucilla gave me one recently... but I didn't know you could rate poems? Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 4/25/2013 9:56:00 AM Don't care a lick about ratings, it just fit into my baseball theme! LOL!

Poet Tacito Date: 4/25/2013 8:13:00 AM You knocked this out of the ballpark. No birds were injured as the ball left the field. :) Spot on! Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 4/25/2013 8:17:00 AM LOL As I said to Russell, don't know how our friends from around the world will respond to this one! Thanks for dropping by my friend... cheers, Jack

Russell Sivey Date: 4/25/2013 6:38:00 AM You have blown me over with this HOME RUN that you have so illustriously written my friend! I really loved how you went about this poem, all about the GAME OF POETRY! And this write is a really great HIT in the poetry realm Jack! You have mastered the Quatrain my friend, every piece about it you sure do know! What an awesome write this one is, Great Work!! Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 4/25/2013 6:48:00 AM Some of our friends from around the world might not clue into this one, but hopefully us baseball fanatics would! Thanks Russell!