Who's Your Team?
Baseball honors the dignity of all of us ordinary people with our Wiffle balls and bats in the garage, waiting for the freedom of summer to bring us together to play, to laugh, to keep score or not, and to look forward to playing again, always remembering time together playing a game that invites us to forget about time.
The poems in this collection reflect that spirit, whether they look at poetry through the lens of family, of being female, of the game itself, or of being a famous player. The poems are rich in passion and pathos, and they are down-to-earth and immediate. They invite you in, whether you watch from a lawn chair or take your place in the batting order. They celebrate our common humanity.
Contributors
Arden Andsall
Lorraine Caputo
Sandy Lee Carlson
Kevin Clark
Sara deBeer
Julie A. Dickson
Lara Dolphin
Edward Dzitko
Joshua C. Frank
Ken Gosse
Paul Hensler
Dan Hubbs
Sandra Kaumans
Jim Kelleher
Joe Kleponis
Bill Moorhead
Tom Nicotera
Victoria Elizabeth Ruwi
Vivian Shipley
Mark Sickman
Clinton Stanley
Steve Straight
Jordan Trethewey
Dan Wilcox