Batting Cage Poems | Examples

Emerald Dreams

I remember 
    as a  kid 
that my mother gave my copy of Frank Waldman's "Bonus Pitcher" to the book fair
   I had to buy it back for a quarter 
   The book told the tale 
   of how a "bonus baby" won the respect 
of those who resented him at first 
Also, it told the tale 
   of the Boston Red sox 
defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World series 
I have re - read the book during dark times in my life 
Baseball defines America 
Our national pastime is also enshrined in the movie 
   "Field of Dreams"
As for myself  - I only played catcher in the Little League for a short while and 
cried when the Mets lost (as they usually did in their early years)
I have heard stories of NY ballplayers from years ago 
   and they still 
reverberate in my mind 
Older now - the best I can do now would be to whack some softballs from a 
    batting cage machine 
Time wears us all down 
The baseball diamond still shines green in our mind's eye!