Long Homerun Poems

My wife and I met more than a few of this type of “shifty wheeler-dealer” during our many years dealing in antiques and collectibles.

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Born in 2000 he comes from a long line of athletes. His maternal  great great great grandfather was a short stop in the negro leagues. His Paternal great great grand father was a tailback...

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It only took about ten minutes for me to warm up,
so, I had time to play catch with a friend on my team.
The line-ups were given to the umpire, the umpire
yelled two of my favorite...

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Hair in a pony tail, ball cap on.	
Wearin’ my team colors, ready to rock on.
Husband agitated cause I’m makin’ him wait.
Hey, gotta have my face on, I gotta look great!
Finally at the ballpark, game already...

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OL'E TY COBB OF YESTER YEAR, 
WAS A GENIUS IN SPIKES, OR SO I HEAR. 

HE RAN THE BASES WITH A BURST OF SPEED. 
LIKE ADRENALINE JUNKY IN TIME OF NEED. 

STOLE SECOND BASE WITH...

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To God I am thankful for many gifts;
But none more than a creative mind,
And the hands which are the finest tool,
With abilities to create that I easily can find.

As a child I first learned to...

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Starfall
I saw a shooting star running across the sky
It was like a softball of sparkles that can fly
And I wondered
Maybe the one of the angels just hit a homerun
Because is not every day we witness...

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I long to discuss with you
 These things within my heart

Joyful moments, melancholy
And heartbreak but I don't
Nowhere to start

 So I guess right here is where
I'll begin to unpack this bulging heart

 Let me tell...

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love 'n'...

food and sex and food and sex
go together like
before and next
anytime we're together
food and sex can make it, better

hunger and lust and hunger and lust
go together like
need and must
anyone who feels so driven
hunger and...

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I step up to the plate and the first pitch is tossed.
Strike one is called out, but I feel a little lost.
I see the audience but things are not as they seem.
They come and they...

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Beauty appears as different things to different people
It may be the reaching up of a towering steeple 
Or something pleasing to the eye
Like blending blues up in the sky

It may be a person simply being
A...

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Beauty appears as different things to different people
It may be the reaching up of a towering steeple 
Or something pleasing to the eye
Like blending blues up in the sky

It may be a person simply being
A...

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First there is something you need to know,
my friend is only just four feet four. 
 You should know this great man Martin,
don't say you don't cause he'll be startin'.
 He came to me and...

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BASEBALL IS ENTERTAINMENT 
I LOVE PUTTING ON A SHOW 
I GIVE IT MY BEST WIND-UP 
LET THAT BASEBALL GO 

SOMETHING ABOUT A STRIKE-OUT 
A FEELING THAT THINGS WENT WELL 
UNLIKE THE HOMERUN PITCH 
WHERE IT...

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They don’t know the joys
Of riding a grapevine in the woods
And they can’t make the noise
Made by kids in rural neighborhoods

They don’t know the joys
Of picking wildflowers for mother
Or playing with woodland toys
Sometimes not even...

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I’m not sure
I have the strength anymore
To be discovered

Stepping into the cold black lake of February
Clopping to work in frozen slop
Snow snarling at my ankles

Car coughing
Windshield gritting its white teeth

I wear a body double of...

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Going to war armed with a metal pole,
A stiff breeze cuts the summer air.
Becoming safe is the primary goal,
And the chattering and cheering begin to blare.

I stop to turn and face my enemy,
He stares me...

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School ends with screams of jubilance,
laughing carelessly as the ski boat is 
readied for a splash in the nearby lake.
Spinning reels whizz as they are hurled
into thick underbrush at water’s edge,
trying for the big bass...

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Themes rise with glory of the morning sun
Anxious to transcribe what mind has spun
Finding solace in beauty of words written

Thoughts fly on wings of eager inspiration 
Heart triggers a rhythm full of creative fun
Anxious to...

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Life is a ball, bouncing – retrieving 
You never know how far it goes
How it bounces
Like your hopes and aspiration
So you learn, prepare
and like a ball roll around
Just when you want to pick it up
Your...

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When I heard the news I thought “Too Bad”
He never excelled at much throughout his life
Never hit a homerun or broke the finish line
No diplomas or degrees adorned his walls
Or important titles attached to his...

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Surging like electricity to the esoteric abyss of my soul,
felt in all body parts, the flinching brought to the shoal.

Even the slightest stub of a toe, a beloved child in distress,
causes bile to roil and...

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Tears of joy
come falling down              
when they make
the baseball team
the first  homerun.
the final out. 
The honor roll.
The Senior Choir.
The young artist...

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If she had lived,
I am sure she would still have a lot to give,
To her family, her friends and me.
She left us early, it was not meant to be.
She touched the lives of all she...

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