Monday, June 25, 2012

 

Haiku of baseball


What a week for haiku! They were all pretty autobiographical, so I don't think I need to embellish. Here they are, full of truth:

First we have this one from OsoGrande:

Bart Giamatti
said "Baseball breaks your heart,
and is designed to."

Baseball, though, is healing and connecting, too. I really loved this one from Demetra:

Daddy I'm here!
Behold the Green Monster
Spy it from heaven?

And timeless, too... as Bob put out there pretty eloquently:

I'm fifty-eight now,
But I can still name all of
The '64 Cards.

No other passion
No other hobby endures
Like baseball still holds.

And as Renee reminds us, it somehow always matters:

Wind blew on his farm.
Tasted dirt in his sandwich.
Wondered: Cards ahead?

# posted by Mark Osler @ 12:01 AM
Comments:
Should I Pop the Cork and let the celebration begin?

"A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can’t impose mandatory life-without-parole sentences on juveniles who are convicted of taking part in a murder."

Is there much more work ahead on this issue? Appears to be a wonderful ruling...
# posted by Anonymous New Christine : 11:08 AM
 
Pop half of a cork-- only some of those sentences were under mandatory schemes...
# posted by Blogger Mark Osler : 11:41 AM
 
Thanks for the Haiku nod. I'm honored. Hope your summer is going well. Thursday should bring some interesting news, don't you think? D
# posted by Blogger Mrs. Kontos : 9:45 PM
 
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