Best Stengel Poems
Ny Mets BluesNow I see
that
World Series time
has arrived
Seems to me that something
is missing there
The NY Mets
aren't in it
As a fan from their...
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Categories:
stengel, baseball,
Form:
Blank verse
Ny Ny -- the Road In the ForkNew York, New York, the road in the fork
of the events, the places and folks who've buttered the pork
Like Rockefeller, Moynihan and Andrew Cuomo
Frank Sinatra, Louie Armstrong, John Lenon and Yoko Ono
Lenny Bernstein and Lenny Bruce
...
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Categories:
stengel, film, music, new york,
Form:
Rhyme
Waiting For the Season To StartIn the depths of a New York winter
I am waiting for the baseball season to start
My old man was a New York Giants fan
Even though he lived in Brooklyn
The Mets didn't exactly do well last year
But the cry "Wait till...
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Categories:
stengel, baseball,
Form:
Free verse
Baseball Memories On a Snowy EveningThe green field
spread out
in front of us
The smell of beer, pretzels, hot dogs
The cheers from the crowd
memories flood through me
...
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Categories:
stengel, baseball, urban,
Form:
Ballad
Yet Another Piece of Baseball PoetryWatching the Mets
I fell relaxed
I have always been
a fan of thiers
I remember Al, Sean Green, Choo Choo Coleman and of course
the one of a kind Casy Stengel
The Mets pitcher just walked someone
in the fourth inning
I am at my...
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Categories:
stengel, baseball,
Form:
Free verse