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For Love of Baseball (Free verse) by Dovina Baseball illiterate, unable to root
except in following crowds
like some poetic dunce
It never scored with me
how unlikely a homerun
how loveable a team
only as it mattered to him
But he changed the game
from play to real
worthy of news
a conflict of heroes
a stage to learn from
Not many get their strength from baseball
not many from poetry
but we who do head for the outfield
alert, expecting to win
Up the ladder:
Fugitively Speaking
Down the ladder:
DEATH
Votes: (green: user, blue: anonymous)
Arithmetic Mean: 7.0
Posted: December 27, 2005 3:23 PM PST; Last modified: December 27, 2005 3:23 PM PSTWeighted score: 5.537883 Overall Rank: 2512 Comments:
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zodiac @ 70.109.2.131
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27-Dec-05/8:51 PM
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Nice sentiment, poor execution.
Explain the "Infield fly rule" to him and he's likely to propose to you on the spot.
Infield Fly Rule: http://www.poemranker.com/poem-details.j
Very funny.
Happy Happy New Year.
'mernin. I was too tired too read this last night. This morning is much better. I'm having trouble with the homerun. These days, homers happen all the time. Unless you're making a sexual refrence.
A sexual reference? Of course not! It's a matter of whether I cared that a homerun happened to that team and that player at that time. Before it did didn't, now it does.
I like the end it wraps it up well
i know nothing about baseball and am very poor at outdoor sport, so i don't think my vote would be fair. nevertheless, it is a nice poem and i think i'll vote when i connect with this properly. till then, please excuse me.
I have been reading his again and again and must sqay that this is good. I like the punch in the last para.
Ah ha! a baseball convert. Welcome to the world of interchangable heroes (free agency).
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