Another Failing Grade for Words
Tag Archives: Regret
Eagle Eye at Eighteen
Judgement Nights
Cousin Wayne
Ball Lightning
Memories of Dad and the ranch on Father’s Day.
Breathing in Winter
Dante’s 9th Inning Stretch
Judy
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month – here is hoping friendship and poetry can help.
BALL LIGHTNING
BALL LIGHTNING
In the front door out the back
A ball of lightning through the barn
in the story dad would tell
I wonder now if the light was white
and if it made a sizzling sound
as some who’ve seen one have described
All happened in a blink I guess, and gone,
like this, and all the questions that I didn’t ask
DANTE’S 9TH INNING STRETCH
DANTE’S 9TH INNING STRETCH
In life there are errors
errors and regrets
and then there is baseball
The ball off the end of the glove
the errant throw, any errant throw
The running into the other fielder
and the ball dropping between
The not being willing
to run into the other fielder
and the ball dropping between
The not tagging up at third
The easy dribbler down the first base line
and knees that won’t let you bend to pick
The ball that was called a strike
the strike that was called a ball
For Catholics there’s Purgatory
with constant replay of regret
For baseball fans
there’s late October to forever