Baseball Poetry

Dedicated to the writing of those invited to participate in a baseball poetry project. Those invited were asked to 1) go to a baseball game, any game and 2) create a poem, in any shape or form about that particular game or some memory of baseball, for the purpose of developing a collection. Most baseball poetry collections are ones culled from the works of famous poets; this one is designed to be more democratic, inviting some established poets and others moved to write baseball poems.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Haiku

John O'Connor

3-0 count
the on-deck batter's shadow
hits home

posted by David Schaafsma @ 1:41 PM  

3 Comments:

  • At 4:35 PM, Blogger David Schaafsma said…

    I love this, John. For those of you who are not aware, John is the author of Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom, AND a collection of haiku John will be good enough to name in a comment, I hope. I have the book at home.

    This poem reveals how much word play is possible within the constraints of the form.

     

  • At 4:35 PM, Blogger toddw said…

    In this haiku, it feels like it's from the perspective of the pitcher. Even though not mentioned, I'm sure he's the one feeling the presence and pressure of the guy waiting to get at him. He's the one facing a dire situation and the one who threw three bad pitches with David Ortiz on deck.

     

  • At 10:09 AM, Blogger David Schaafsma said…

    That shadow might be at US Cellular, not Wrigley, as shadows wouldn't fall that way at Wrigley, right?

    I like theplayfulness of shadow hits home AND it is deftly observed, obviously.

     

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