Best Play Ball Poems

I 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 Hey Willie Mays                 ...

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baseball and poetry love them both
just like writing baseball excites me too
and during the recent months they’ve gain growth
love it as much as writing an haiku

can’t wait next month the season will begin
I'm not like others I never played golf
if I’m lucky I’ll catch a...

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Somewhere there’s a baseball
Shivering in the cold

Somewhere there’s a baseball glove
Afraid of growing old.

Somewhere there’s a baseball bat
Some weary cleats - sweat stained hat.

Somewhere there’s a baseball field
Beneath snow’s winter fall

Somewhere dreaming children
Hear the umpire shout

“Play Ball”.



John G. Lawless



submitted to – Batter Up – Poetry...

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Baseball is on my mind more,
When frigid winds freeze to the core,
Opening day,
Seems eons away,
Snow shovels strike out, wood bats score!...

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They want us to play ball
The referee made a bad call
They cheat for the other team
They repeat the same scheme
The NBA wants to see us play
But won't listen to what we say
Without us there would
Be no winning
That's how it was
Set up from the beginning
Since MJ
It's...

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The sun is warm, the new mown grass is green
Nowhere else he’d rather be this summer day
In tune with his team and feeling fine
Batter up says the ump, its time, let’s play!

It’s a joy to be young and in love with the sport
Dreaming of someday...

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Play Ball (Softball)

My daughters use to play softball
I wish I could have been to them all

Since my daughters don’t play anymore
I don’t have a team to cheer for

I do watch some games on the TV
The girls have lots of great energy  

When the girls...

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Let’s Play Ball

“America’s past time”,  but as a child, I could have played baseball for a lifetime.
12092015 (Contest, One Liner 4) PS; Silent One...

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So exciting, I'm next, I'm next                                       ...

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His brown eyes gazed so pleadingly,
"Mama, please play with the ball and me."
"Dear Son, I would  like to play with you,
but I have so many things to do."

He turned away without a word,
and it's been long since I have heard
"Mama will you play with...

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PLAY   BALL

So I’m behind the bleachers with Sue Ellen
And we weren’t calculating batting averages
And I says to  her baby you’re my home run
I’ve always dreamed about.

I know about first and second base
She said,  but what’s third base?
So I used the Abbott...

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Ahh, the boys of summer are back,
    Getting ready for some baseball to play.
        And while I wish I could join them out there,
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Baseball
First sign of spring
A scented leather joy
Wafting over a childhood dream
Two on, two out, three balls, two strikes, one swing
The sound the silence, the drama
Oh joyous memory
Awaken me
Baseball

©1/15/2023

Pen a Rictameter, Hopes of Spring’s Return Poetry Contest
M. L. Kiser Sponsor
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Baseball is just around the corner
A very long block till the temps get warmer
Surely can't wait
Who's at the plate
“Play Ball” can be heard from border to border...

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some jump cheer
and drink beer
some scream
its there team
as he win it smile and grim
its  fame mabe for all
reason
its
PLAYBALL SEANSON...

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