4th National Baseball Poetry Festival
May 7-May 10, 2026 | Polar Park, Worcester, MA
Join Us!
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 4th 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!
Highlights from the 2025 Festival. View more videos…
To all baseball poets everywhere:
Share your work at the Festival!
The Festival features two venues at which all poets can share their work with appreciative audiences of poets, poetry lovers, and baseball fans! The first is our Poet-to-Poet Reading and the second our Open Mic Night. All you need to do is join us and sign up at the door! See the SCHEDULE for locations. Everyone is welcome!
Poetry Contests
Baseball is Poetry!
“It reminds us of all that once was good…”
-Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), Field of Dreams
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