Poetry Friday: Pitcher

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It's Poetry Friday.  Today's link up is hosted at Check It Out.

So I'm a little hooked on fantasy baseball.  One of my pitchers, Mat Latos, is back with the Reds.  Yep, I'm writing this in hopes of sending the power to him to strike out my son's players on the other team.  Oh, fantasy sports.  

Pitcher
The pitcher
touches his hat
looks left
chin touches shoulder.

The ball
goes behind his back
he stares
at the hitter.

He moves
the ball
to his glove
and stares again.

He winds
sends the ball
racing
toward the batter.

The batter
swings
but the ball
smacks the catchers mitt.

Strike!

© Cathy L. Mere, 2014

Comments

  1. Holly MuellerJune 21, 2014 at 12:46 PM

    You've created such a clear image! I love that you play fantasy baseball. :-)

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  2. Mary LeeJune 22, 2014 at 12:34 PM

    Yet ANOTHER fantasy sport?!? You crack me up.

    This poem created a very visual image for me -- I saw the whole thing on the video screen in my mind!

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