We haven't posted poems for awhile. Here is one of Mary Schmich's on the Cubs. Many won't get all the references, but I think you can still enjoy it.

It's early October - an ode to the Cubs

It's early October
That time of the year
For Cubs fans to glower
And weep in their beer.

In normal Octobers
Their moans are a dirge
They wail and they curse
At the Billy Goat scourge

While other teams vie
For a World Series spot
While other fans cheer
The poor Cubs fans do not.

"Hey, next year," they whimper
"Yeah, next year," they scoff
While knowing that next year
Is always years off.

But bleepin' A, people!
I mean Holy Cow!
We've waited a cent'ry
Can next year be now?

Is this the great moment?
The end of despair?
With Cubs in the playoffs
And hope in the air?

On Wednesday in Pittsburgh
The great Arrieta
Obeyed his boss Maddon
And did simple bettah.

He showed once again
He's the guy who won't fail
(That dude's sure an ad
For Pilates and kale.)

And Kyle whacked a homer
Right out of the park
It sailed o'er the field,
Disappeared in the dark.

The scoreboard it blazed
With the Bucaroos' zeroes
As Jake struck 'em out
And the Cubs became heroes!

And even some Sox fans
Let out a bright squeal
And one was Obama
Who signaled his zeal:

"My friends, I feel hope!
I could not say it plainer:
The Cubs in the playoffs
And no more John Boehner!"

And meanwhile the mayor
Was stoked to the max:
The Cubs would distract
From his property tax.

However ...

Some Cubs fans were wary
'Twas too much to bear:
What fools would they be
If they let themselves care?

"I'm feeling quite nauseous,"
Some worried fans said.
"My hope is a feeling
All mixed up with dread.

"I fear that I'm dreaming
And when I awake
I'll see there's no miracle
Pitcher named Jake.

"I'll learn there's no Bryant
(Now that man is cute)
And Ricketts is just
A rich guy in a suit.

"Perhaps I imagined
The brilliance of Theo
Who built up a team
Full of talent and brio.

"And Maddon the genius?
His team full of rookies?
Who, win after win,
Stunned the fans and the bookies?

"I'll wake to discover
It's not the real news
It's all a weird dream
Born of yearning and booze."

However ...

The '69 bloopers?
The Billy Goat curse?
The blip of poor Bartman?
The bad and the worse?

The lovable losers
Who can't help but choke?
The team that's a punchline?
An SNL joke?

This team's full of guys
Who are too young to know
The whole anguished history
That comes with this show.

The past is just stories
The past can be shed
The past is a game
That plays out in the head.

And even the doubters,
The fans full of fear,
Can't help but believe
That this might be the year.

Might is just maybe
And maybe's unsure
But hope is a feeling
That rarely comes pure.

So if we're afraid
And a little bit queasy?
In games, as in life,
Winning rarely comes easy.

mschmich@tribpub.com

Any more poems out there?

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From Frank Messina, the "Mets Poet"


Baseball Haiku: Three Poems



Spring Training

Sun shines on diamond,
two birds on a citrus limb
ball meets bat, a crack!



April

Ball glove hangs on hook
dust, cobwebs, a creaking door,
small hand reaches up



Ageless

Old man unwraps gift,
two tickets to the ballgame,
a gray-haired child smiles





copyright 2009, Frank Messina

from Full Count: The Book of Mets Poetry

Cubs

They played with their hearts
Summer and fall at Wrigley,
Then - wait 'til next year.

Here's one that will be appearing in my next collection, It's all about those random bizarre links that you get encouraged to click on the internet. It's called Clickbait.

It's still a bit of a work in progress but you can make a game of it. The last line and only three of the others are made up. A couple have been very slightly reworded to make them scan.

Can you guess which three weren't genuine?

Clickbait

8 truths that your doctors will never tell
My own secret plastic surgery hell
Make six thousand dollars every day
6 Celebs that you don't know are gay
The unicorn that will change how you poo
Tom Cruise secrets that nobody knew
Why “the healthy option” is worse than full fat
The top tennis star who is really a rat
15 Mind blowing secrets of crochet
12 books that are dirtier than Shades of Grey
5 Nude Pictures of Keanu Reeves
Protecting your household from burglars and thieves
Secret messages hidden in Disney cartoons
The awesome sex lives of New Guinea Baboons
Cheating boyfriends' unfortunate texts
10 domestic disasters that no one expects
You won't believe it's not photoshop
6 habits that everybody should stop
20 things that you've always done wrong
Women who should not wear a thong
See this video before it gets banned
Common words that you misunderstand
Four top tips to moisturise your skin
Eleven weird facts about Jesus's foreskin
The game everyone is wanting to play
6 More Celebs who came out as gay
Gerard Depardieu's hairstyling tips
13 astonishing newsreader slips
16 life-hacks you can't live without
How botox injections made me look like a trout
Sexy Russians that you'd love to meet
This offer has every other one beat
The most hardcore RPG on the net
6 incredible secrets to get out of debt
12 more habits of the mega-successful
Do you find life is getting too stressful
Famous kids who look gorgeous today
6 More Celebs, all of them gay
Has your love life lost its spark?
The top twelve cities after dark
10 things that all women hate
Wonder foods to help you lose weight
20 emails they wish they'd not sent
What those kids' books all really meant
Things you never noticed in Harry Potter
25 things to do with an otter
Actors you never realised were dead
17 ways you have all been misled
These easy facebook tips are so clever
One simple trick to make clickbait vanish for ever.

quote:

The most hardcore RPG on the net

What, pray tell, is RPG? All that comes to mind is "rocket-propelled grenade."

Great work, Bob!

No clue, Bob.

Geoff: Role Playing Game

Kalleh: Which ones seem most unlikely?

quote:

25 things to do with an otter

That seems unlikely, even for the interwebs.

Indeed arnie, that is one of the made up ones

Otters are sufficiently inventive, playful critters that it doesn't seem that far-fetched to me. Thus do I feel one otter reconsider its absurdity.

And I know the one about Jesus having a foreskin is wrong because he was Jewish.

Sorry Kalleh

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchi...ns-does-one-god-need

Yeah, I suppose I should have considered the question - 11 weird facts. Anyone can make up/find 11 weird facts.

Funny, though, that it's the one I picked.