National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

3rd National Baseball Poetry Festival

May 2-4, 2025 | Polar Park, Worcester, MA

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at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts

Home of the Worcester Red Sox and hometown of Ernest Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat,” for the 3rd national gathering of Baseball fans and Poetry lovers from all walks of life!

Baseball—the “National Pastime”—is the American sport most represented in the arts.  The National Baseball Poetry Festival unites Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both.  The Festival takes place the first weekend after National Poetry Month!

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Worcester, MA

Festival Activities

  • 2 Games
  • Ballpark Tour

  • Sunset Catch on the Field for All

  • Open Mic Night

  • Reduced Rate Accommodations
  • Discounts & Souvenirs
  • A Poet-to-Poet Breakout

Featured Baseball Poets

  • Andy Baron

  • Bert Heffernan

  • Bill Littlefield

  • Bill Moorhead

  • Carol Hobbs

  • Cheryl Bonin

  • Chris Reilley

  • Clara Silverstein

  • Dan Wilcox
  • David Lott

  • Dennis Bernstein

  • E. Ethelbert Miller

  • Ed Dzitko

  • Ivan Smason

  • Jeff Brain
  • Joey Gould

  • Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
  • Karen Warinsky

  • Koffee Calabasas

  • Laura DiCaronimo

  • Lex Thomas

  • Malt Schlitzman

  • Mark Sickman

  • Mary Armao McCarthy

  • Matthew Sisson
  • Pamela Gemme
  • Paul Szlosek
  • Paul Thomas
  • Rex Arrasmith

  • Robbie Gamble

  • Ron Carlson
  • Ron Whittle
  • Sandy Carlson

  • Steven Biondolillo
  • Susan Rooney
  • Tad Richards

  • Tom Clark

  • Tom Lagasse

  • Tony Brown
  • Wendell Smith
  • Zvi Sesling

Poetry Contests

Students Grades 4-12 & Little Leaguers

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College Students & All Poets Everywhere

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National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

Baseball is Poetry!

“It reminds us of all that once was good…”
-Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), Field of Dreams

Sponsors:

Beneficiary Organizations: Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation | WooSox Foundation | United Way of Central Massachusetts | Worcester Arts Council