Happy Baseball Poems

Festive lights are in the air 
A celebration we must sharre 
Being quite bold 
We must visit the O'Brien secret successful gold 
And announce Joshua...

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Eddie, could not have had a father better than you.
Think of all the places you took him, including to the zoo.
It’s mind blowing for me,...

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How the little things can move us
And revive forgotten memories
Like the ones that stirred me recently
And brought joyful thoughts abundantly
Of time with my dad at...

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It only took about ten minutes for me to warm up,
so, I had time to play catch with a friend on my team.
The line-ups were...

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These are the best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part V

Just Smile
by Michael R. Burch

We'd like to think some angel smiling down
will watch him...

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The best sports poems by Michael R. Burch, Part IV

King Henry the Great
by Michael R. Burch

Long live the King! 
Send him victorious, 
happy and glorious,...

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The mighty slugger saunted to the plate
The sun dipped in the sky, 'twas getting late
  First he swung and he missed
  But the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Poems about Children V

Pan
by Michael R. Burch

Among the shadows of the groaning elms,
amid the darkening oaks, we fled ourselves

Once there were paths that led to...

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  A Nirvana Sunrise and Matt Amish


   Cat whiskers, pen, notebook.
   Brain flowing with ideas blending
   with hazelnut...

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One More

Raise the curtain, 
I am ready. 
Let's write and read together, 
for hours without end. 
Dressing up in costumes, 
singing crazy shanties, 
or Round...

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A FATHER, HIS CHILDREN AND BASEBALL

A father remembers years ago taking his children to the ballpark on a bright and sunny day.
They sat together in...

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As in many,many poems and novels 
Baseball is something that defines the American people 
Thinking of the season ahead
Realizing that I did not  watch...

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New York 1955


  Evening in Broadway I saw Alan Ladd 
 Talking to Joe Dempsey
  Alan was surprisingly small
 Joe was big and...

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DO NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH A POET
by Jonah Okpabi
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Do not fall in love with a Poet
Poets are poor
Their pockets are empty
Above all they are...

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