It’s Poetry Friday this week hosted by Laura Shovan here. Thank you Laura for hosting.
Tonight, July first, my husband, my visiting son and I were invited, by my other son, to an event. At NBT Stadium in Syracuse the Syracuse Mets, our local team and the farm team for the New York Mets, were playing. I confess I am not an avid fan of baseball games. But happy to do something out in the world together with my family, the four of us all went. I was glad I did. It was a lovely, cool summer night and we sat behind home base and met others as happy as we were to be there.
Inky blue black sky over a chartreuse diamond-- The Mets showing off.
There was only a small reminder in the elevator of the pandemic.
Our baseball mascot cavorting in his fur suit-- inspires wellness.
As New York is 70% vaccinated, I saw no face masks. The night normal, as normal as possible given what we’ve been through. The chocolate ice cream was delicious.
I wrote two haiku here to share, posted above. But lots of baseball poetry has been written for kids. Sylvia Vardell’s 2007 post here provides a wonderful list of books of baseball poetry.
I hope all of you enjoy many evenings this summer with friends and family. I’m hoping for vaccinations to continue and the pandemic to be OVER.