Ballpark Poems - Poems about Ballpark

At American Family Field

...We used to be huge baseball fans
(The Yankees, but, of course!)
And followed all their games and cheered
Until our throats were hoarse.

Our fervor somehow waned and now
We couldn’t even name
...

I Am A Black Man In Florida Buried In A Unmarked Grave

...
they built a ballpark over my bones,
laid asphalt like a priest's last lie—
no headstone, no name,
just beer guts and baseball caps
spilling nacho cheese
where I once bled.

I was twenty-thr...

Vogon Without Regret

...Glimitz!
According to your order - pronounce,
I weigh less than an ounce.
As gratchens flame and fly, to my disdain,
I wonder, have you got a light?

A conference call,
a violin,
a gently rap...

What Of Worldly Games

...Loud silence tends to speak in a
definitive tone
The derivatives are broken english 
singing a similar song
An ape is just a copy taking a
swing for the stands
The ballpark in another league on...

When Summer is Gone

...I intend to enjoy summer
and the sun, warming my ancient skin.
Once, I said goodbye to summer
because one season must yield to the next,
and it was time to attend school and learn.
I said goodby...

My Brush With An Icon

...Jackie Robinson and I go way way back
To the spring of nineteen forty-six
A Montreal ballpark on a April afternoon
The day the world was transfixed

The colour barrier that existed in ba...

Red-Hot Red-Hots

...The Cubs are still winning
    In fact, they're red-hot
  Out of 17 games, they've won quite a lot

  Out in L.A., they took five out of six
    even for a great team, a very good trick 

  Le...

Mindfulness As Usual

...If I had an IQ of 17, 
would this be normal?

My son, 
with cerebral palsy, 
no language capacity, no LeftBrain ability to read or write 
or speak using linguistic tools, 
with no hint of verb...

No Title, Yet - 88

...Reuniting with old friends is always lots of fun,
Because it’s been years since we’ve seen each other.
Back at the ballpark again for baseball in the sun
Swapping stories about our new lives as mo...

The Best Gifts of This Life - 1,2

...I. Early Childhood’s Gifts

Gift 1:
Is love felt from our parents, our friends a true gift
or more something we earn bit by bit over time,
(a child adds to, subtracts from, as days turn to years...

Rebooted Nostradamus Quatrains: Century I

...Quatrain 1
Sitting alone at nadir in serpentine sloth;
it is placed on the breeding typo.
A slight failure comes out of the emptiness and makes
successful that which should not be believed in the...

Hard Road To Easyville - Baron of Tunnel Hill

...I sat on the beach sifting time through my hands.
I felt like a slot machine whore.
The ocean was preaching her Siren’s demand
I abandon my past at the shore.
So, I shook off the sand, turned my ...

Cheer Your Lungs Out

...The crack of the bat
  The arc of the ball
It lands over the fence
  Gives the fans a thrill

Close play at the plate
  A headfirst slide
Clouds of dust raised
  He's safe; game's tied!

Ch...

The Bums Play Somewhere Else

...
Just in case this is something you didn't know before:
the Dodgers don't play baseball in Brooklyn anymore.
Ebbett's Field is a ballpark we will no longer see.
It was torn down, and is n...

The Intricacies of the Game

...Another baseball season begins and as teams vie for fortune and for fame…I’m reminded of the time I tried to teach my children….

THE INTRICACIES OF THE GAME

It was years ago when we took our ch...

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