Short Yankees Poems

Jets and Giants
or Mets and Yankees
which rivalry is best?...

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To Yankees now forgotten
A terrible noise
Quake
and 
Run !...

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Yankees and Mets
White Sox and the Cubs
who's the city's finest?...

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Chickarrones for me,
Yankees say what oh my yuck,
Love eating pig skins....

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Emerging from darkness 
Vanquishing foes 
Marching to victory 
Standing as heroes 
Legends of History 
Lords of the Fall 
Kings of the Diamond 
Gods of Baseball...

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Opening day is finally here
fans will be drinking most of the beer
Red Sox and Yankees will meet
that game should be a real treat
you’ll see how rookies deal with the fear...

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Wearing just mask, gloves and a Yankees cap
The POTUS went shopping, caused quite a flap
   Bought himself a small gift
   Ever practicing thrift ~
A teeny-weeny bikini, sans straps...

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Yankees twenty- seven times
maybe some of them were crimes

Cardinals won eleven
taking their fans to heaven

and the Red Sox won eight
I do appreciate

a few teams tied with five
keeping the love alive...

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southern fried glory chicken
watermelon eatin' contest
just
ready to explode
green fried tomatoes
lip smacking cornbread
can you smell
them biscuit
fresh from the oven
with
some
marmalade 
and
fresh honey
but
look down yonder
damn Yankees...

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Take the word “TRUMP”, reverse it and change a few letters
You get “PERVURT” sorry couldn't come up with anything better
Not appropriate for a shitting prez
But it's free speech the constitution sez
It's changing a lot of yankees into a bunch of bed wetters...

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the Yankees and Rebels did fight
sometimes for hours through day and night

the Civil War is in the past
but the hatred will always last

ignorance in all the wars
nothing will even the scores

lives are always lost
loved ones pay the cost

peace may never come
when leaders are dumb...

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The war between the states had just begun.
Blue and gray met at a place called Bull Run.

The North blue army marched from Washington.
This was in April, eighteen sixty-one.

The South achieved victory on that day.
Men wearing gray sent the Yankees away.

A hopeful quick end lasted four long years.
A high price was paid with both blood and tears.

Robert Pettit 4-5-12
...

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DANG YANKEES

I got a hole in my head
I wish I was dead
Somebody shot a hole in me.

My ears are gone
I feel something's wrong
Why am I tied to this tree?

I want 'a go home
My buddies are all gone
Nothing here I want 'a see.

Yankees are winning
Seems they are all grinning
Not a safe place to be.

So all in all
I'm having a ball
Wouldn't you agree.

J. Truman Stewart...

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Graig Nettles as a Yankee wore the number nine
the New York Yankees in the seventies very fine
I’m Red Sox fan but a baseball fan first 
as you can tell baseball is my first thirst
ever since the seventies I was a baseball fan
Lou Brock and Yaz and Yaz the main man
baseball my sport of choice it’s my only game
and the Boston Red Sox have plenty of fame
I’ve been to Boston a few times what a city...

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Black loyalist
One time slave of George Washington
Fighting with the British against rotten Yankees 
3000 blacks went with us and came with us 

In the States now
Black folks but seeming there now just left to rot
But cherished now our black loyalists in England
Part of us 

Last night I dreamt a dreary dream
Beyond the clashing rocks 
I saw a dead man win a fight
And I think that man was I...

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Got my doctorate
In sandbox
With a double major in
Nose picking

Graduated “magna-cum lousy”
From the “driveway art course”
Served an apprenticeship in
“It’s your dog pick up after it”

Rose to great heights tree climbing
Also got to meet the firemen
Taught my parakeet
To BOO those F-N Yankees

Rooted for the RED SOX
A true love/hate relationship
I understand Bill Belichick
But not what he says...

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unbelievable
     last ball game he’d ever see
          grand slam ball for dad








Took my dad to a Yankees vs Texas Rangers game
Grand slam home run  
to tie up the game
I caught the ball and gave it to my dad.  
He passed away before the next season started
That was the last game we ever saw together.
The only Major League game he ever saw.
It was a dream of his.
He was astatic when I caught the ball....

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We've heard of ALS
as "Lou Gehrig's disease"
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
a cause to pray on our knees

But Lou Gehrig felt he was
"the luckiest man on earth"*
the Yankees, and his wife
the main reasons for mirth

Thankful for his life
though with illness cut short**
at ease in his disease
what an awfully good sport


(* regarding his farewell speech at Yankee stadium
** like in the Principle and Foundation of St. Ignatius of Loyola!) :)...

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Hands holding champagne
Allowing all wishes to sparkle
People dancing under Mylar balloons
Pop corn with sweet caramel
Yankees caps with silver trim
Nobody dislikes silly buffoons
Everyone can be one of them
With the New Year's party colorful hats 
Yell and be extravagantly festive
Ears deafened by loud music
America celebrates in Times Square
Rome calls for peace everywhere


Entered in Carol Brown's Happy New Year Poetry Contest

Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci...

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The three rings were the trademark of a popular beer.
Purity, body, and flavor, are what we had here.
The beer and the symbol were products of yesteryear.
If you tuned in to the broadcast of a Yankees game,
the late Mel Allen often mentioned the beer's name.
This was a brew some other famous men would extol.
Broderick Crawford advertised it on "Highway Patrol".
Nobody will be able to find this brand today.
It is a thing of the past, and has gone away.
...

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The Giants won the Series;
I didn’t really care.
The team I root for (Yankees)
This year didn’t make it there.

But always this reminds me
When my son was very young,
He referred to this finale
With a kid’s slip of the tongue.

He called it “The World Serious,”
Not meaning to be slick;
With all the hype surrounding it,
We’ve let that label stick.

And so we watched the Royals lose
Despite a rousing fight.
They sure looked serious to me,
The proof my son was right!...

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Jeter Derek: the legendary champ
led the Yankees to a sensational victory,
defeating the Phillies
at City Field in the 2009 World Series!
And the crowds revelled
from their stands;
and he waved his hand,
and smiled proudly,
holding and cradling the championship trophy...
driving all the ladies wild! 
Jeter Derek made history 
by planning a clincing game,
over the opponents to break Lou Gehrig's record...
and all the thrill glowing on his face,
was also a thrill of mine!...

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The world's abuzz with soccer
Though I couldn't give a hoot.
I wouldn't even have a clue
For which team I should root.

The bars are packed with rousing fans;
I don't begrudge their cheers,
But I prefer a tennis match
To savor with my beers.

I'd also watch the Yankees play
'Cause baseball's what I know,
Though baseball-haters claim the game's
Inordinately slow.

So while the teams do battle
With the World Cup as the prize,
I'll find a book or other show
To occupy my eyes....

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In the exhibition game today 
The Mets are battling the Yankees
I remember the early Mets
Kranepool and Hunt come to mind 
Baseball defines this country 
As it did in the movie "Field of Dreams"
I read in a men's magazine 
that a ballplayer made it into a prestigious poetry magazine 
The years come and go 
A new season starts 
Battle on O Mets 
for your fans are legion 
I'm sure readers out ther e
will
also 
write 
poems - possibly stories 
about the
New York Metropolitans...

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This is my poem about nothing
So don't try to understand
Hey what about those yankees
If that's what you command

It's a sad day when that happens
Where are they gonna be
I almost bought one yesterday
I just wanna be free

Turn it up a little I can't hear
Say what you really mean
When did he say he was ready
Often heard but seldom seen

So this was my poem about nothing
But I guess it wasn't nothing at all
For this time even nothing is something
Even if the nothing is small...

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