Baseball Haiku: Three Poems
Spring Training
Sun shines on diamond,
two birds on a citrus limb
ball meets bat, a crack!
April
Ball glove hangs on hook
dust, cobwebs, a creaking door,
small hand reaches up
Ageless
Old man unwraps gift,
two tickets to the ballgame,
a gray-haired child smiles
copyright 2009, Frank Messina