Best Baseball Poems
Below are the all-time best Baseball poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of baseball poems written by PoetrySoup members
Baseball CardAnd there you were -
blue cap and jersey, white pants
bat held high above the shoulder
cocked and ready to swat one out
in that perfect stance...
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Categories:
baseball, son,
Form:
Free verse
Baseball in HeavenA young boy that loved the game
Would always practice and never rest
Because he always wished someday
To play with the very best
Dad and son played...
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Categories:
angel, baseball, heaven,
Form:
Blank verse
BaseballTo see the game, you have to plan
It takes some time you see
This is for all the die-hard fans
You'll need a strategy
To stand in line...
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Categories:
baseball, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
One Man One Cap and a Baseball Bat
He was known as Joltin John
With his baseball bat and his cap upon
He played the game with vigour and speed
Many a supporter said he was...
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Categories:
baseball,
Form:
Couplet
Remember MeRemember me...
A fresh sweet scent
of last gardenia
on yesterday's linen sheets
Remember me...
A cherry bud
in your backyard orchard
revealing first pink shades
in once upon a...
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Categories:
baseball, basketball, blue,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Ball GameWhen I was a child,
summer at my Aunt Joanne’s
meant staying out as late as it took the sun to set!
And mostly with my cousin Chris,
I...
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Categories:
baseball,
Form:
Prose
October, When the Leaves IntensifyOctober, when the leaves intensify -
colored explosions: orange, yellow, red,
breezes to temper summer's heat draw nigh.
There's one last month of days with lightened sky
before our...
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Categories:
baseball, october,
Form:
Villanelle
Play BallI have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):
Say...
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Categories:
baseball,
Form:
Shape
The BallparkThe dream of every Little Leaguer
in our town was to play in The Ballpark.
The Ballpark was the diamond
where all the Major League games were...
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Categories:
baseball, childhood, dream, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
While You SleepWhile you sleep I tell you all of the things I keep inside throughout day.
Now that you can hear but not listen I find them...
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Categories:
baseball, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure,
Form:
Lyric
Coach Dad--Collaboration with Tim SmithCoach Dad
It is a magic time when a child ventures
Into the world, spreading wings,
Beginning the oft painful process
of moving from the nest to the sky.
And...
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Categories:
baseball, children, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
The Outfield BoyThe outfield boy stands waiting all alone,
playing the game that many children love.
From the pitcher’s mound, a ball has been thrown.
The outfield boy stands waiting...
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Categories:
baseball, boy,
Form:
Triolet
DepressionFighting Depression
We’ll defeat this enemy
We’ll soar like eagles
Edward J. Ebbs - 09/27/14...
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Categories:
baseball, depression,
Form:
Haiku
I am a Fat OrioleI am a fat oriole from Baltimore
With baseball cap and baseball mitt
I became a star cause well I could really hit
Made my money, to build...
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Categories:
baseball, funny, humorous,
Form:
Light Verse
The Hourglass of TimeAs I contemplate life
Through thick lenses glasses of the whiskey bottle
Is there life?
What is life, what is the lie, or even the truth?
Or is there...
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Categories:
baseball, beautiful, childhood, christmas,
Form:
Light Verse
Sandlot World SeriesSome walked, others biked
As we gathered at the park
There was Jimmy, Peewee
Ricky, Billy and Mark
Neighborhood boys
From blocks around, they'd descend
For the Sandlot World Series
It was...
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Categories:
baseball, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
MLB BeginsPreseason Baseball
two-thousand-sixteen
is now underway
oh what fun it is
watching baseball played
the grapefruit league
the cactus league
in Florida
Arizona
who'll make team
and who won't
get in shape
April
for real
play...
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Categories:
baseball,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
The StrikeoutStanding at the plate there is no doubt
The pitcher is determined to strike me out
He squints to see the catcher's glove
Then spins and swings his...
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Categories:
baseball, childhood,
Form:
Rhyme
Rowntree ParkROWNTREE PARK
I have found green here
bordered by white lines
that meet then veer off
into infinity, perfect symmetry,
peppered by flashing yellow dandelions.
These, and more, colours
I have found...
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Categories:
allegory, baseball,
Form:
Free verse
Haiku for an Apple MacThis gray Apple Mac,
is it true that i use it,
or does it use me?...
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Categories:
allegory, appreciation, baseball, basketball,
Form:
Haiku
The RedlineMy room at the Hyatt
Smelled like my ex-wife
She didn't have oodles of class
Or wasn't overly fancy
So, it must be that aroma of
Almost masking...
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Categories:
baseball, chicago, humorous, sports,
Form:
Free verse
George Theodore
This man was affectionately nicknamed “The Stork”.
He played only two seasons with the Mets from New York.
George was a native of Salt Lake City.
His major...
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Categories:
baseball, dedication, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Sonnet To Growing OlderA Sonnet To Growing Older
My heart now speaks to me of ageless things
Of solitary walks down country lanes
Of quilted calico with simpler schemes
...
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Categories:
baseball, absence, america, animal, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Playing Ball
I reached in to pull out my all playing ball …
without alcohol
Head up, I breathed brave and stepped up to the plate …
felt like dodge...
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Categories:
adventure, baseball, fun, games,
Form:
Rhyme
CAN ICan I Be:
The lyrics in your song?
the words of your poem?
the paint on your canvas?
the script for your movie?
the groove in...
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Categories:
baseball, love,
Form:
Free verse