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Baseball Poems | Examples of Baseball Poetry

Baseball Poems - Examples of all types of baseball poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for baseball.
Premium Member Baseball Innuendo
1st base is kissing, non stop. 2nd base, is getting felt up. 3rd base refers to activity in the lower region, and of course, Home Run equals penetration....Read the rest...
Categories: baseball,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Going Home
Going Home 1. We gathered all the kids next door to go to Thompson's field and play. School was out and the sun was too, We could stay till daylight fades. But when Jess hit Johnny with his own...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, change, christian, death,
Form: Ballad
Say my Name -- in my Way of Kings
Impermanence by O.J. $traight Inspired by Happy Hurts - Icon for Hire My blood, my life source I fear waking up An atheist. No atheists in foxholes. Well I’m in the hole, The pit, The depths of despair, the dead poets...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, abuse, addiction, age, allah,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Precision
The sport of golf demands precision baseball, perfect vision... Although more popular than them all ~ football’s just collision* ______________________________ ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, football, golf, how
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Cheery Joy
Joy, Like shouts Of children On the playground, Or the last school day when the bell rings, "school's out!" Like a new baby's first cry, Or your sigh when he sleeps and dreams, Or the crowd's cheers at your first...Read the rest...
Categories: baby, baseball, childhood, joy,
Form: Etheree



Premium Member Journeys
A baseball glove lies on its back in a trunk of items once fresh and youthful now discarded for love and marriage perhaps a stroller whose blue-eyed ...Read the rest...
Categories: baby, baseball, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Don't Say Boo
~ To the tune of 'Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, future, song, sorrow,
Form: Lyric
April 5 Get a sport into a poem Make Baseball Great Again!
April 5—Get a sport into a poem! Make Baseball Great Again! It is time to make American baseball Great again starting with creating a worldwide baseball competition with each season with the national champions competing in a World Cup...Read the rest...
Categories: america, baseball, softball,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Phenomenon
Fast as you can say ‘Jack Robinson’ Up pops another rookie phenom But as April heroics fade to June swoons ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, change, hero, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Five-inning Quitters
The more other sports change the more baseball stays the same Bleeding fans as well as talented players the ‘national pastime’ needs our prayers ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, change, proposal,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Confidence 1309
“With confidence let success be vengeance for all that has happened to you.” ...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Conversation Between the Catcher and the Pitcher
Diving for the ball, Balling into a dust- Orange roll, The catcher tossed it back to the pitcher After a ball three, and walked up to him. The descent of the night's sky Made the ballfield lights a sudden relevance. The...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Butterflies
An MLB pitcher has butterflies ‘til he throws his first pitch Me, I get ‘em the whole season for no particular reason ...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, baseball, butterfly, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Baseball
I am a brand new baseball. The pitcher waits for the call. He holds me tight, Until the time is right. The pitcher lets me go. Through the air I flow. The bat has a powerful swing, But I end up in...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, celebration, games,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Doctor Said I'm Suffering From 'Bicycle Face'
I said I ain't been on no bike He said, 'Well, there it is.' Premature baldness and popcorn muscles I told him I got a B in History He said, 'What a life you're gonna have.' This is what I'm...Read the rest...
Categories: baseball, boxing day ,
Form: Free verse

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