Baseball Joy Poems

~ Let's Have a Parade ~

A Shriner drives his little car
  Hairpin turns upon a star
Red-fezzed Turks play guitars
  Let’s have a parade…

A...

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A baseball team hard to follow
Failures really tough to swallow
Many problems from stem to stern
Fans' frustration in a slow burn
Managers don't know what to do
To...

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The happy sound of the coffeemaker.
Or of a welcomed friend’s voice!
Using a real phone, not texting,
You sense  her in real time, a true joy

Maybe...

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Follows rules, since he was young.
Of being great, he climbs each rung.
His parents taught him right from wrong.
He will achieve his soul’s song!

Nothing free for...

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The fan in my kitchen hums to me, in hot California...
You bet, It doth run most constantly!

The one year old AC unit, is my closest...

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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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The word 'happy' appears in the Bible 26 times; happier appears 1 time.
The words joy, joyful, and joyous are recorded more than 200 times.
A Master...

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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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A family trip to the beach on a sunny day,
Having a friend come over to play,
Kites flying way up high, 
Brings joy to a child’s...

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THE PITCHER SHAKES OFF ANOTHER SIGN.
I START TO WONDER WHATS ON HIS MIND.
WITH SWEAT RUNNING OFF MY BROW,
I NEED A HIT AND I NEED IT...

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Late yesterday night 
I saw a light shine from a window 
And as I looked again 
Your face came into sight 

I couldn't walk on...

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Dad gave me my first wood baseball bat
an Eddie Mathews signature model, 28 inches long
when I was 10 or 11 ('66 or '67)

shortly after he...

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The sweat pours down from
tank tops and t-shirts,
preposterously loud screams explode
on the baseball field around them.
Drink it all in for a win that's more
than a...

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The heat of the 
midday sun keeps me indoors
But soon the day begins to turn into
    poetry 
as evening rolls in 
I...

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To play as if today
Is your only chance.
Some say, “It’s just a game.”
Have they done the Victory Dance?

When hard-earned Victory
Was finally at hand,
Have they felt...

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