Baseball
Bears wake in the spring, flowers bloom and
open hearts embrace love. Baseball begins,
it’s unique because the defense has the ball.
The ball is round, the Earth is round.
Winter, spring, summer and fall, three months
per season, three outs per half inning. Four seasons,
four balls for a free base.
Nine months in the womb. Nine innings per game.
Sometimes late births, sometimes extra innings.
Warm summer nights and stadium lights.
Ball games and barbeques. Life and death.
Safe and out.
Fall begins in the ninth month. Nine players
per team take the field
Fall foliage. Fall classic. Winter season. off season.
Izzy Schurr from his Dead Poem writings
Basketball
Ten commandments, the rim is ten feet high.
Five business days a week, five players per side.
Two days in a week end, two points per
basket. Three day weekends, three point
shots and plays. Net profit, nothing but net.
Round sun, round ball. Out of time, fouled out. No
football or baseball in March; march madness.
Izzy Schurr
