Best Dimaggio Poems

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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Sugar drops and colored gumballs,
An open skyline, an open convertible, and a white ragtop!
Black Perrelis, red caps, and spoked mag-frames,
Pacific Coast Highway, and her stairway...

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The New York Yankees have made winning a tradition.
They’ve won for years despite periodic transition.
Since the twenties, the Yankees have won many a game.
Their yearly...

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Joe DiMaggio
was never a Joe Namath
both had New York’s pride...

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Remembering the days way back when
Baseball was what made life tick
Lived and breathed that wonderful game
With the Babe, Ted Williams, and the Mick

Jackie Robinson breaking...

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Warm Lamb Salad. Sounds  mmm......I've shopped for the
ingredients. Planned my start - as timing is 
all important in  preparing good food…..
and Oh! fresh...

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It is rare when a woman is interested in a ball game.
However, your excuse for going is pretty lame.
There is not a single fact of...

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It's almost time for that grand old game
DiMaggio, Mantle, Robinson, some names
To bring back joy
When I was a boy
Adoration for these heroes is still aflame...

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Without you, everything I do
loses value every day.
Habitual things that mattered, 
yesterday,
are hard to do, today.

Yoga in the morning,
even my daily poetry,
have suddenly lost their...

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I loved you John Wayne!
		I wished you were my father
		or maybe an older brother 
		who’d tutor me to be tough
		when manners weren’t enough
		and toughness was...

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Ozzie Smith, Yazstremski,

Dave Stieb and Robin Yount

these men were of a special group

It's one I'm proud to count

There's players who achieve a goal

While others just...

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IT'S FINE TO WHINE WHILE DRINKING WINE

Now let me get this straight
You want me to walk for forty-three minutes
Under a blaringly hot Mid-August Florida sun
With...

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Norma Jean and Marilyn

Norma Jean Baker, Marilyn Monroe
A beautiful actress, a woman of woe
Just couldn’t handle all her ills
Loved the champagne mixed with pills

Blond bombshell...

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Boomers

Bottle caps were currency
Pop sticks were our props
Maple seeds
Were whirly birds
Spinning like a top

Hopscotch drawn on 
Down the streets
Jump ropes tied to reels
Double Dutch was...

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