A haiku-writing friend sent a great belated gift for my birthday, a little book called Haiku for Baseball Lovers. The haiku are by David Ash and the book is published by Basho Press. Ash, who sticks to the classical 5-7-5 format, captures much that is quintessential about baseball, its players and fans, its moments and seasons, its highs and lows. The Chinese character for smile is printed on the cover and the book will indeed make you smile.
Since the book arrived, haiku have been percolating. Here goes:
their shortstop homers
ours pops, pops, pops up--
grrrrrrrrr!
in for the save
he gives up the winning run--
nothing sadder
hey, rookie!
you win, we salvage one--
no pressure, huh?
