Summer Beckons

To honor baseball’s opening day (haiku)

Photo by Jose Francisco Morales on Unsplash

Wind up release spin

Thump in the catcher’s worn mitt

Strike! Summer beckons

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash

Strike! Summer beckons

Beneath the stadium lights

Crowds roar with delight

Photo by Ameer

Crowds roar with delight

Crack of the bat drives runs in

Victory this night

Photo by Anna Stakhiv

Victory this night

Dreams fulfilled as sparkling bright

Fireworks fill the sky

Pitcher’s Game

Photo by beto_chagas

Fastball flies through air
Strike three! The crowd roars in awe
Pitcher's perfect form

Curveball spins and dips
Batters swing in vain and miss 
Pitcher's crafty art

Slider glides with grace
Confounds the hitter's timing
Pitcher's mastery

Changeup floats softly
Batters fooled into swinging
Pitcher's finesse shines

Knuckleball dances
Flutters with mystique and grace
Pitcher's magic touch

With each pitch he throws
A symphony of skilled grace
Pitcher’s talent shines

Author’s Note

I connected the first four haiku by starting each consequent stanza with the last line of the one preceding it.

The haiku chain about the pitcher is not based on any one pitcher, but is what I envision as the perfect pitcher. 😉

Want to try your hand at writing haiku? Write a baseball themed haiku using the 5-7-5 form and post in a comment below.

Credits for photos used in the video I created (with the help of Canva) to introduce this post on Instagram and other social media, go to Jose Francisco Morales on Unsplash, Tim Gouw on Unsplash, Ameer, and Anna Stakhiv.

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