Baseball Hope Poems

Grandma is as proud as she can be!
Her Eddie~growing tall as his backyard tree.
He dons his classic St. Mary’s uniform.
Not wearing a freaky shirt with...

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WHY YOU COACH?
 You will have one Parent that is unhappy. 
You will get a bad call from an umpire. 
Your pitcher may be having...

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I now walk with the young Emmanuel
In his gardens of trees and flowers
Out of the darkness of my lasting den
Where the two monsters kept me...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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One More

Raise the curtain, 
I am ready. 
Let's write and read together, 
for hours without end. 
Dressing up in costumes, 
singing crazy shanties, 
or Round...

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Go have adventures,
don’t rot in your home,
go have adventures,
you were born to roam.

Go climb a mountain
and drink in the view,
see all of the world
unfold beneath...

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The American Morning

We ride smoothly, deliberately, in this old cruising caravan,
Across the ancient American avenues and boulevards, 
Of the once living, and now, the finally...

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The day is grey 
and my hair is changing
to that nice color 
Making it through another day 
I hope to stay healthy 
The years roll...

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We play to win
Because they expect it
The other team is honored
Only when we play to win

In our league
We are playing to honor 
The other team
That's...

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My blue, frayed Cubs cap
Here I hold you in my very own hands
As I look at this old, yet important cap
Many memories go back in...

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He sat up late one night and wrote,
His heartfelt Christmas dream.
Dear Santa, I wont ask for much.
His eyes began to gleam.
I've got a baseball and...

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Fifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan;
And watched thousands of recruits try to make my Sooners Team.
Often, I’ve enviously wondered what it...

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Serenity

Just one day in a lifetime
When the planets align
The stars twinkle with just the right rhythm
Breezes sound like a choir
The sun sets at just the...

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MEGAN'S HIT
There on the deck, I took a practice swing
tormented in the possiblity--
then hope was dashed--I found no hope to bring
up to the plate, when...

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Up to October's end
life was peaceful and delightful;
I enjoyed the strolls and chats,
going to baseball games,
seeing crowds cheer at CitiField
and I zealously wrote 
about many...

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