Home Run!
The most exciting words in baseball.
How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
So many ways to describe
your flight out of the ballpark.
“It’s outta here!”
“That ball is not coming back!”
“That shot left the yard in a hurry!”
When the announcer’s voice rises,
we ride the crest of his enthusiasm.
How the game quickly changes,
in either direction.
Joy if the homer is for our team,
despair if it is not.
Our pulses quicken either way.
Home run, you make or break my day.
But I love you for your
game-changing power.
THE POETRY OF THE GAME