Category Archives: Poem of the Week

Poem of the Week: A Poem About Baseballs

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Eric

The title of this week’s poem by National Book Award winner Denis Johnson is meant to be ironic. It’s not a poem about baseballs, but a poem about hanging on and finding meaning and hell, sometimes the only thing for … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: Baseball and Classicism

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Eric

This poem by one Tom Clark descended on me  from the heavens,  like an omen presented by some ancient Greek god or goddess. Well actually, I saw it on the sidebar of Tampa outfielder Fernando Perez’s recent essay for the … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: Baseball Canto

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Eric

This week’s poem comes a day late, but you know, at least it’s here. It’s a canto in the tradition of Ezra Pound, featuring an allusion to Ezra Pound, and written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti is (I’m pretty sure) a … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: The Ball Game

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Eric

This week’s poem by Robert Creeley comes to us via The Good Form,  a blog “where sports and poetry meet to talk it out.” The kind (and kindredly spirited) folks over there contacted us a few weeks ago, and we’re … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: Brush Back

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Eric

This poem comes from a chapbook by Jilly Dybka called “Fair Territory.” You can download it here. For free. The poem’s relevance should be obvious in these trying times. Pardon the format:

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Poem of the Week: Pull Hitter

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ted

Mariner Russell Branyan is having his best year as a pro, the proverbial “career year.” Credit may go to a computer-aided eye exercise program, or to statistical anomaly, but the big lefty has kept the Ms over .500 and in … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: The Night Game

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Eric

Tonight I saw one of the best baseball games I have ever seen. It was Mets and Cardinals and Albert Pujols and Johan Santana and everything that game should have been. Mostly it was Albert Pujols. I’ll write about the … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: The Base Stealer

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Eric

Ricky Henderson was inducted into the Hall of Fame this weekend. We didn’t necessarily mean to ignore that fact (or Jim Rice’s induction), but we have. So PnP makes amends to Ricky the best way we know how.  This  work … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: Playing Catch

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Ted

A hypothetical exploration in this week’s poem, “Playing Catch,” by poet Tim Seibles, published in Ploughshares. What if all the world’s balls disappeared? What then? How hard will we fall when the crutches are kicked out from under us?: for … Continue reading →

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Poem Of The Week: Stickball

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Eric

This week’s poem (h/t Reeves — please click that link) meanders across a suffocating New York afternoon. We’re in the 40s or 50s in a working class neighborhood and the weather is scorching — I mean it’s Do The Right … Continue reading →

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