Poetry Circus Haiku

April 15, 2013

New York Mets vs. The Colorado Rockies

Spring training ends
from Port St. Lucie;
to fielding in Snow.

We were there!!!!

It was the bottom of the eighth inning.  I was sitting on the first base line 30 seats up.  Coors Field had about 50/50 Rockies fans to Cubs Fans.   The Rockies were ahead 5-2 against the Cubs.  I was thinking if they could score just one run than the Rockies have this thing locked.  The Rockies sent two of their men out and I was thinking here we go again, the Rockies will do what the Broncos do and find a way to lose it.   Then all of a sudden the Rockies got hot and hit 11 runs straight.  It was like lightining had struck the Cubs dead.

Ode to the Rivalry between St. Louis and Chicago

The little village seemed accursed;
Soon all her gaudy baubles burst,
She proved what me thought her before,
A wind bag bugh-and nothing more.
When this wretched village stood
Now stands a sign of painted wood
On it these words: "Upon this spot
Chicago stood, but now stands not"
Her time soon came, she had to go
A victim, she, of too much blow.

St Louis Democrat May 8, 1875.