Sports Fiction posted November 19, 2024


A baseball story

A Couplets Contest Gone Prose

by jmdg1954



 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

World Series 

Yankee Stadium

Game Four

Yankees Dodgers

******
October night

Moons bright

Airs crisp 

Smokey breath 
******

Stadiums buzzing

Fans cheering

Ushers chanting 

"Beer here"
******

Scores tied

Bottom ninth

Two out 

One on
******

Yankees batting

Leadoff walk

Catcher signs

Pitcher nods
******

Runner leads

Pitch released

Batter squares

Bunts on
******

Wild pitch

Catcher scrambles

Runner advances

Reaches second
******

"Time out?"

Umpire grants

Moments later

Play resumes
******

Batters set

Waiting pitch

Runner dances

Off second

******

Ensuing pitch

Knuckle curve

Knees buckle

Strike two
******

Batter frustrated

Steps out

Kisses bat

Heavy sigh
******

Warm-up swings

Steps in

Clock begins

Anticipates fastball
******

Batter locked-in

Pitcher intent

Stare down

Cat'n mouse

******

Pitcher affirms

Catchers fingers

Fastball count

Ignores baserunner 
******

101 MPH

Lined drive

Right field

Fair ball
******

Runner advancing

Rounds third

Outfielder throws

One hopper
******

Catcher fields

Runner slides

Players collide

Bodies tangle
******

Runners safe

Run scores 

Game over 

Yankees win!





Since I very rarely, hardly ever do poetry, I wrote this is prose and did not enter the contest...
CONTEST RULES
The poem must tell a story.
The poetic form is a series of Two word couplets.
That is, two words to a line.
Each couplet must be able to stand in its own right, so no splitting a thought phrase or idea across two or more lines.
Rhyming is optional.
Pays 10 points and 92 member cents.


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