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*ASTERISK INDICATES NEW POEM
- “PT”
- 1000 THINGS TO DO
- 1911
- 1941
- 1986
- 20 – 20 VISION
- 2023 NLCS PHILLIES V. DIAMONDBACKS
- 2023 TEXAS HOLD’EM RANGERS V. ASTROS
- 2024 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
- 457
- 9 and 9
- A BASEBALL MANIFESTO
- A BENCH IN THE BITTERROOT
- A CURSE
- A DAY AT THE BALLPARK
- A EUROPEAN LOOKS AT BASEBALL
- A GAME OR TWO AWAY
- A GOOD NAP RUINED
- A LONG SEASON
- A LOSING SEASON
- A MATTER OF INCHES
- A MODEL T SEASON
- A RED OCTOBER RECIPE
- A ROOF OVER BABE RUTH
- A SEAMLESS SAMENESS
- A VISIT TO THE MOUND
- A WALKER, NOW
- ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
- ADJUST
- ADJUSTING BASEBALL
- AFTER THE GAME
- AGENT TO BALLPLAYER
- Aging
- AIR JORDAN
- ALBERT THE GREAT
- All
- ALL FOR LOVE
- ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
- ALMOST NINE
- ALREADY THEY’RE LOSING
- AMBIDEXTROUS
- AMERICAN DEPLORABLE
- AMERICAN PARADE – Part One: the New York Fan
- AMERICAN PRIORITIES
- AND NOW A WORD FROM
- AND THE GIRLS CHEERED
- ANGELIC
- ANGLING FOR A POEM
- ANOTHER DAY OF PAIN
- ANOTHER GAME IN THE RAIN
- APOCALYPSE 2020
- APOLOGIES TO THE HOME TEAM
- ARNOLD JOHNSON
- ARTHUR SODEN
- AS A PARENT
- ASTROS ALBUTEROL
- AT THE BASEBALL GAME: a haiku crown
- AT THIRD BASE
- AUTOGRAPH HOUND
- BACK INTO IT
- BAD TIMING
- BALL HAWKS CULTURE
- BALL PARK TANKAS
- BALTIMORE, APRIL 29, 2015
- BAN THE BULLPEN
- BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
- BARGAIN BASEMENT
- BASE STEALER
- BASEBALL
- BASEBALL AND LANGUAGE
- BASEBALL AVERAGES SAVED ME
- BASEBALL BALLET
- BASEBALL BELONGS TO EVERYONE
- BASEBALL BLIZZARD HAIKU
- BASEBALL DISAPPEARING
- BASEBALL FROM LIFE TO DEATH
- BASEBALL HAIKU
- BASEBALL HAT
- BASEBALL IN SANTA CRUZ: ERA 1907
- BASEBALL IS
- BASEBALL IS DYING
- BASEBALL IS IN OUR SOUL
- BASEBALL IS LIFE
- BASEBALL IS MAGNETIC
- BASEBALL IS POETRY
- BASEBALL JAPAN SHOTIME
- BASEBALL MEMORY, 1958
- BASEBALL MOVIES
- BASEBALL NIGHTS
- BASEBALL ON SPEED
- BASEBALL POEM
- BASEBALL RECORDS WAITING NERVOUSLY
- BASEBALL RESORT
- BASEBALL TALKING
- BASEBALL TALKING (#2)
- BASEBALL TRADE DEADLINE DISCRETIONS
- BASEBALL WITHOUT BORDERS
- BASEBALL, LIKE CHESS
- BASEBALL, THEN AND NOW
- BASEBALL, YOU HAD NO RIGHT
- BASEBALL’S CURED CURSES
- BASEBALL’S REVOLUTIONARY
- BASEBRAWL
- BASELINE
- BASKETBALL IN THE DARK
- BATTY
- BENEATH THE BLEACHERS
- BEST SEAT
- BETTY AND JOANNE WEAVER
- BIG DATA AT THE BALLPARK
- BIG PAPI
- BILL ALLINGTON
- BIRDS OF PLAY
- BLACKJACK 21
- BLUE-BLACK AND WHITE!
- BOB CAIN
- BOBBLEHEAD DAY
- BOTTOM OF THE NINTH
- BROKEN
- BROOKLYN BRIDGE
- BROOKS ROBINSON R.I.P.
- BUCK LEONARD
- BUILT TO WIN NOW
- BUT DID THEY WIN?
- BY MAN’S HAND (1)
- BY MAN’S HAND (2)
- CALL THE BULLPEN
- CALLING THE RACE
- CAN’T WAIT
- CARDBOARD FANS
- CARDS
- CASEY AT THE BAT (a nonet)
- CASEY AT THE COMPUTER
- CASEY STOPS BY THE BALLPARK ON A SNOWY EVENING
- CATHEDRAL OF BASEBALL FIBONACCI
- CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
- CHAMPIONSHIP CHARACTER
- CHARACTER OF THE GAME
- CHARLES COMISKEY
- CHARLES SOMERS
- CHARLIE ‘BABE’ ADAMS GETS THE NOD
- CHEATING IN BASEBALL?
- CHICAGO OWNS THE BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME
- CHUTZPAH
- CIVIL WAR: New York Against Atlanta
- CLARK GRIFFITH
- CLASS OF 2022, HALL OF FAME
- CLASSIC YANKEE
- CLASSROOM UNDER THE FORMICA TABLE
- CLEATS
- CLOSE FAMILY OUTING
- CLOSER
- COLD COMFORT
- COME TO THE BALL FIELD TODAY
- CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES
- COVENANT
- COVID 1, BASEBALL 0
- COVID’S CURVE BALL
- CREATION OF THE WORLD
- CROSSED SIGNALS
- CRYSTAL DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN (hiking)
- CUBS V. DODGERS, APRIL 2024
- CURSE OF THE BAMBINO
- CURVE BALLS
- CURVES
- DAVID FULTZ
- DAVID ORTIZ HAIKU
- DAY IN THE SUN
- DEAD BASE
- DECOY
- DELIVERY BOY
- DESIGNATED HERO
- DESIGNATED HITTER
- DIMAGGIO
- DIRT
- DISLOYALTY
- DIVE
- DIZZY
- DIZZY DEAN
- DODGER DAZE – return to roots
- DONKEY BASEBALL
- DOUBLE A LAMENT
- DOUBLE HEADER
- DOUBLE-HEADERS
- DRIFTING CLOUDS
- DRINKING AT THE VFW
- DRIVING A TRACTOR AT SEVEN
- DURING THE TIME OF DREAMS
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- EARL WILCOX
- EBBETS FIELD: THERE USED TO BE A BALLPARK
- ECLIPSE
- ED BARROW
- EFFECTS OF WAR
- EL-FOLDO
- ELUSIVE
- EMOTIONAL SWINGS
- EPIC
- EPIPHANY AT THE PENINSULA GRILL
- ESSENCE
- EVERY SPRING
- EXTRA INNINGS
- FAIR IS FOUL
- FAMILY GATHERING
- FAN
- FANDOM
- FANS IN THE STANDS
- FANTASY BASEBALL
- FATE
- FATHER’S DAY
- FATHERS PLAYING CATCH WITH SONS
- FIELD OF DREAMS
- Field of Life
- FIELD OF NIGHTMARES
- FINAL FLIGHT
- FINGERS CROSSED
- FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
- FIREWORKS NIGHT
- FIRST BALLGAME FOR FIRST GRANDSON
- FIRST SIP
- FIVE GAME SUSPENSION
- FLEETWOOD WALKER
- FOR THE GLOVE OF THE GAME
- FRANKIE FRISCH
- FREE AGENCY SPLURGE
- FROM A TO Y
- FROM STADIUM TO PARK
- FUER ELISE FOREVER
- FUNERAL FOR A SEASON?
- GAME BY GAME
- GAME CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF GUNS
- GEORGE WRIGHT
- GHOST
- GHOST
- GO ROBINS !
- GO ROBINS !
- GOD BLESS SOFTBALL
- GODS AND MEN
- GOING GOING
- GOING NOWHERE FAST
- GOLDEN TEARS
- GONE
- GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE II
- GREEN GRASS
- GRIM
- GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER
- HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024
- HALL OF FAME VILLANELLE
- HARAKIRI
- HARRY HOOPER
- HARRY PULLIAM
- HAT TRICK
- HE MADE EVERY GAME
- HEIST
- HERE TO STAY
- HEY BATTER, BATTER
- HINCHCLIFFE STADIUM’S REBIRTH
- HITTER’S DELIGHT
- HOME RUN
- HOME RUN
- HOME RUN!
- HOME RUNS HIT
- HOME TEAM
- HONESTLY PATRIOTIC
- HOOP DREAMS
- HOPE CHEST
- HOW TO APPEASE A SPORTS MAVEN
- HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM
- HOYT WILHELM
- HYSTERICAL POSTSEASON FANDOM
- I AM A DIAMOND
- I AM NOT MYSELF
- I AM SUING MY KNEES
- I AM THE METS
- I CAN HIT BETTER THAN THAT
- I NEED A HERO
- I USED TO BE A TENNIS PLAYER
- I WAS THE MAN
- I’M SO EXCITED
- IF ARCHIE MANNING WROTE POETRY
- IF TEACHING WERE LIKE BASEBALL
- IF THE BALLPARK STADIUM…
- IMAGINATION
- IMPRESSIONS OF THE GAME
- IN 1960
- IN A PINCH
- IN CONTROL
- IN EARLY
- IN FIRST PLACE
- IN HONOR OF THE BABE
- IN PRAISE AND SYMPATHY
- IN PRAISE OF THE LOWLY KNUCKLEBALL
- INSECT BASEBALL
- INTERDEPENDENCE DAY
- INTERNATIONAL PASTTIME
- INVISIBLE MEN
- IRONIC SADNESS
- IS IT REALLY OVER?
- IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
- IT’S A LOOOONG SEASON
- IT’S A SIMPLE GAME
- IT’S NOT THE MONEY – RIGHT?
- J. L. WILKINSON
- JACK O’CONNOR
- JACKIE
- JACKIE AND “FLEET”
- JACKSON POLLOCK PAINTS BASEBALL
- JIM DEVLIN
- JIM HUNTER
- JOE BIANCHI, BASEBALL FAN
- JOE CRONIN
- JOE DIMAGGIO
- JOE FOR TED?
- JOE MCGINNITY
- JOHN McGRAW
- JULES MUNSHIN
- JUST A KID FROM THE HEARTLAND (conversation with Carl Erskine)
- KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
- KEEPING SCORES
- KEVIN COSTNER AND ME
- KINER
- KING OF DIAMONDS
- KINGS OF THE DIAMOND
- KNUCKLEBALLER
- KOUFAX VS. RYAN
- LATE AUGUST BASEBALL (AS MY TEAM FADES)
- LEGENDS NEVER DIE
- LEGS
- LET US PRAY
- LET’S GO ROYALS
- LET’S RUIN BASEBALL
- LEWIS F. WADSWORTH
- LILY
- LINE-UP FOR YESTERDAY
- LITTLE COURTESIES
- LITTLE LEAGUE
- LITTLE LEAGUE MOMS
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LIVING MASTERPIECE
- LOGIC?
- LONDON BASEBALL 2023 STYLE
- LONGSHOTS GALORE -DIAMONDBACKS V. RANGERS
- LOOKING
- LOST FIELDS OF DREAMS
- LOST OPPORTUNITY
- LOVABLE LOSERS NO MORE
- LUCK?
- LYMAN
- MAJOR LEAGUE ADJUSTMENT
- MANDALA
- MANTLE
- MARIANNE MOORE, POET, BASEBALL FAN
- MAZEROSKI BROKE MY HEART
- MEMORABILIA
- MEMORY
- MIDDLE INFIELD
- MILESTONES … AARON JUDGE 62 HOMERS … ME MY 80TH YEAR
- MINNIE MINOSO
- MISSING PART OF MY LIFE
- MODERN TIMES
- MOM KNOWS WHY
- MONUMENT PARK
- MOOKIE BETTS
- MORE RESPECT
- MOVIE QUOTES AND BASEBALL
- MUD HENS
- MURDERERS ROW
- MURDERERS ROW
- MY CHILDHOOD HERO
- MY FATHER AT LITTLE LEAGUE
- MY FAVORITE THINGS
- MY FIRST BASEMAN’S GLOVE
- MY FIRST GAME
- MY FIRST HOME RUN
- MY FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME
- MY GRANDSONS’ GLOVES – (a memory piece)*
- MY MIND’S EYE
- MY SON, THE BALLPLAYER *
- MYTHIC BASEBALL
- NAMBY-PAMBYS
- NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE
- NEWS ITEM: ROBOT UMPIRE TESTED
- NICKNAMES
- NIGHT BASEBALL
- NO BASEBALL
- NO JOY IN MUDVILLE
- NO PLAYOFFS
- NOT EVEN ONCE!
- NOT FAIR
- OBSCENE !
- OBSCENITY
- OBSTRUCTED VIEW *
- OCTOBER’S HEROES
- ODE TO FENWAY
- ODE TO THE BIRD (MARK FIDRYCH)
- ODE TO WILLIE *
- OFF CENTER (basketball)
- OFF-SEASON TRADE
- OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED
- OHTANI’S EMPIRE
- Old -Timer’s Day
- OLD MEN PLAYING BASEBALL *
- OLD STICKBALL AND STOOPBALL SLICKSTERS
- ON FORM
- On SEEING A BROOKLYN DODGERS BASEBALL CAP
- ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH MR. BOUTON
- ON THE VERGE OF OPENING DAY
- ONE MORNING WE FOUND
- ONE SPECIAL DAY
- ONE THOUSAND GRAND SLAM
- OPEN FIELD
- OPEN THE GATES FOR BROWN *
- OPENING DAY MINNESOTA TWINS
- OUR HOLES
- OUT FROM THE SHADE
- OWNER TO GM
- PAIGE
- PARKING LOT
- PAST BLASTS
- PATCHWORK
- PATH TO NOWHERE
- PATSY’S PORK STORE
- PECK STOWE FACTORY BASEBALL TEAM
- PENNANT FEVER
- PENNANT FEVER, FORTY YEARS AGO
- PHENOM
- PITCHER’S PITCHER
- PITCHES
- PITCHING LESSON
- PITCHING TO AN AD CLIENT
- PLAYER WHO STRUCK OUT
- PLAYGROUND BOYS AGAIN
- PLAYING CATCH
- PLAYOFF ANGST
- PLAYOFF EXIT
- POETS AND PITCHERS
- POLAR PARK, APRIL
- POLYAMORY
- POST-SEASON HAIKU
- POSTSEASON’S END *
- POWER HITTER
- PREDICTABILITY
- PREPARED
- PRESEASON REPORT
- PRESEASON REPORT
- PROTOCOLS FOR BASEBALL, A MODEST PROPOSAL
- PUDGE
- PUNCHING THE MASCOT
- QUESTIONABLE CALL
- R.I.P. SAY HEY WILLE MAYS
- RADIO DAYS II
- RADIO WAVES
- RAIN DELAY
- RAYMOND
- READY TO RETIRE
- REALITY
- REALITY INTRUDES
- RECIPE FOR A (EARLY OCTOBER) WILD CARD
- REDEMPTION: BASEBALL’S CROWNING GLORY
- REPLY TO REPLAYS
- REQUIEM FOR A BALLCLUB
- REQUIEM FOR MY TEAM
- RIGHT
- RIP SEWELL
- ROBERT MURPHY
- ROBOTS KEEP OUT
- RONALD ACUNA SHOWCASES TOPPS BASEBALL CARDS IN 2024
- RONNIE, ON AVENUE U *
- ROSENBLATT
- ROYAL ROOTERS
- ROZ WEINER, I HATE YOU *
- SABERMETRICS HAIKU
- SAL MAGLIE
- SALESMAN HAIKU
- SAM DIAMOND, SPORTSFAN
- SAM’S MEMORIES
- SAN JOSE SLUGGER (or How I Beat Baseball)
- SANDY’S FINAL GAME
- SATCH
- SCORE
- SCREAMING INTO THE SET
- SECOND PLACE *
- SELFIE
- SENT UP, SHUT DOWN
- SEVENTY-FIVE LAPS (swimming) *
- SHAKESPEAREAN BASEBALL SONNET #22
- SHAKESPEAREAN BASEBALL SONNET #22
- SHIFTY STRATEGY
- SHOPPING CART ROLLER DERBY
- SHORT OF THE CONFESSION BOX
- SHORTENED GAME
- SHUT UP AND DEAL
- SIGNAGE *
- SIGNS OF SPRING
- SILLY NAMES IN BASEBALL #1 *
- SILLY NAMES IN BASEBALL #2 *
- SINGERS AND SLUGGERS
- SINKERS