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📜 This Day in History – September 24, 1957
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field.

Before they left, a man changed history on that diamond.

🎩 Ode to Jackie Robinson:

Jackie—number 42—
you bore the weight no one else knew.
You cracked the myth, exposed the lie.
You turned […]

Yankees:
We do not like playing in a minor league stadium.
We do not like playing in a major league stadium.
We do not like green eggs and ham.
But can we do errors? Yes we can!
#bluejays #baseballpoetry

Poetry Festivals - celebrating one of the oldest of the art forms — Acts of Revision by Nancy Sackheim April, National Poetry Month, has been in the rear view mirror now for a month.  If you think you missed your only chance to celebrate one of the oldest art forms during Nation...

AoR’s own Nancy Sackheim goes ultra-genre in her latest post as she highlights the Cowboy Poets, Fisherpoets, and Baseball Poets – 3 notable pairings that, not surprisingly, make for a fine festival. www.actsofrevision.com/home/poetry-...

#writingcommunity #baseballpoetry #poetryfestivals #poetry

National Baseball Poetry Festival Call for Submissions Get your baseball and softball poems ready! The National Baseball Poetry Festival is now accepting submissions. Join this celebration of literature and sport.

Do you love writing poetry about all aspects of baseball or softball? The National Baseball Poetry Festival is calling for submissions for their annual contest. No fee! Only 1 poem per poet, please. Deadline: March 28.

#poets #baseballpoetry #callforsubmissions #poetrycontest

Lindor on the ball.
Backhand grabs it, turns and throws
Runner out at First

#Haiku #BaseballPoetry