Tuesday, April 21, 2009

PAD: 3 Very Small Baseball Poems

Baseball Season



1.


Oh boy

he caught the ball

threw him

self into air

over green

running between

one white

base and the

next



2.


Night-time light
warm air smelling like
boys in the grass



The first poem was originally intended as a sestina but I obviously have a lot of work to do to get that going -- the second one is a non-traditional haiku -- not much apart, together I'm more hopeful.

I'm interested that W. S. Merwin got his second Pulitzer today -- I'm still not sure if I like his poems, but so many other people love him (Pulitzer number 1) and now love how he's such and old man (Pulitzer 2).

I shouldn't be so cynical during baseball season.

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