Short At Bat Poems

words like: be, at, bat,
ate, eat, able, tale, tab, late
nine out of table...

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The Stats show a Brooklyn Dodger
Scored RBIs with his todger
Then one day at bat
A Foul Ball went splat
And now he's Soprano Codger 


RBI=Runs Batted In...

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The count is full; 
It's three and two.
The game depends
On what I can do. 

I might hit a home run-- 
How my rivals would howl!
The man on the mound keeps pitching,
But I keep knocking them foul....

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Artifice-cultivation 
Cracking pitches, up at bat
Impactful, this journey to fame
Reacting, claims to my own name
Control, my poison cup

So let go as follows
untying the knot
Wading through crystal water
Unearthed root systems 
Free, complete...

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Two outs
Bottom of the ninth
Two balls
Two strikes
Wendy up at bat
Coy and demure
Peter on the mound
Anxious and determined
Stares down the batter
Looking for a sign
Wendy winks  
Peter winds up 
A slider down the middle...

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Rain Dream                                                             

Raining outside,
and the boy in short pants
swings a broom.

He’s at bat
in a room that’s 
a park

for the other boy 
smaller and kneeling 
and waiting

his turn or the sun 
or tomorrow,
whichever comes first.

Donal Mahoney...

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It's the last inning no one wanting more to be at bat
  both unwilling to give in or recognize what it's truly all about
she refuses to be sidelined or hesitate spewing word phat
  he claims calm, subdued rhetoric thinking we'd forget prior word spouts
neither fully saint nor sinner, clearly no one a real winner....

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What’s That

I swoop, I dive, I flutter in the rafters.

My eyes can’t see, I grace the night sky, I am wise.

Wild, willing, wings, dark as black coal.

To look at me with wings unfolded, an awful sight.

But at night I soar with gods and angels and things.

In life game I am at bat, I am a Bat.

John H. Hardison.....

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Bunny Boggins was a brilliant batter for sure.
He hit home runs that were the team’s big cure.
Until he came along, they had such a losing streak.
He is up at bat right now; don’t make a squeak!

You mean he cannot bat if you make noise? Someone said.
He can, but it is not advisable, answered his cousin Ted.
We have to keep that gorgeous bunny in the sunbonnet quiet.
Bunny Boggins is a lady’s man. If we lose, it might start a riot....

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After weeks of practice, I’m ready to get out there.
Me and the rest of the guys love to play a real game.
There’s a cute second baseman with really long hair.
I didn’t know girls could play, but I guess it’s just the same.

I’m the last at bat; they call me the clean-up hitter.
I don’t feel any pressure, because I know I’m good.
They don’t pay me nearly enough, but I’m not bitter.
After all, I’m a tee-ball star, not a star from Hollywood....

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The pen game 
Is amazing
I can’t visualize
It ever changing

We write about this
We write about that
It’s similar to baseball
We all take our turn at bat

Imagination takes poetry by the hand
And it uses the pen to follow its command
And afterwards, the words fly high and far
Just like a grand slam

We’re going around the bend
And definitely around the world with our pen
Hello sisters and brothers
My pen kin tell me what’s happening...

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MAKING peace with God through Christ.

YIELDING to what is right.


HAVING the freedom to have a voice,

AND allowing others to have their say.

PICKING my peak and climbing the distance.

PAVING the way for others who can't pave their own.

IN all things, give thanks.

NO is often the building block for 'Yes'.

EVERY season has its reason.

STEP up to the plate and swing.

STRIKING out is seldom the last 'At Bat'

092024PS...

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All a platonic trend.
Two brothers and a friend.
Since childhood all began.
From morning till night's end.
Fun times that they would spend.
Till love hath just descend.

A friend with boxed glove.
Brother, more sort of.
The wiles of young love.
A swoon mourning dove.
Played 'pull the leg of'.

Kissing booth scene.
Unraveled seams.
Break by all means.
Nothing but dreams.

None of that.
You spoiled brat.
Love at-bat.

Brother
Pother

Kiss...

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