Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDIES, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: The pitcher had a no-hit game Last Line: This mark for quip and banter! Subject(s): Humorists; Sports | ||||||||
THE pitcher had a no-hit game All cinched from the beginning He mowed the sluggers one-two-three Until the final inning. Two men were outhe'd sure come through Without a whack or bingle The last man swung at nothing, and The ball bounced for a single! Around the ring the champion drove The victim of a licking He drew his fist back for the punch To send the soft mark kicking The victim swung one desperate glove, The last kick of the dying, And you could count two hundred where The fallen champ was lying! A rangy, scrubby-looking horse The butt for jokes and chaffing, Competed in a big event, And started 'mid much laughing. This horse came tearing through the ruck, And won out in a canter But not a dime was bet upon This mark for quip and banter! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPORT STORY OF A WINNER by GLYN MAXWELL WOMAN SKATING by MARGARET ATWOOD FISHING IN WINTER by RALPH BURNS CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH JACKIE ROBINSON by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE DEATH OF VINCE LOMBARDI by JAMES DICKEY THE DEATH OF THE RACE CAR DRIVER by NORMAN DUBIE A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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