National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

National Baseball Poetry Festival

May 3-5, 2024 | 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 a 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 aims to unite Baseball—one of our great cultural common denominators—and Poetry—the world’s oldest art form—in a unique and wonderful celebration of both.  This year the Festival takes place the first weekend after National Poetry Month!

Worcester, MA

Festival Activities

  • 2 Games
  • Ballpark Tours

  • An On-Field Event for All
  • Open Mic Events

  • Reduced Rate Accommodations
  • Discounts & Souvenirs
  • Fitton Field Happenings

Featured Baseball Poets

  • Andy Baron

  • Bill Moorhead

  • Cheryl Bonin

  • Chris Reilley
  • Dan Wilcox
  • Ed Dzitko

  • Elan Barnehama
  • Herbert Munshine

  • Ivan Smason

  • Jeff Brain
  • Joe Fusco, Jr.

  • Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
  • Kelly Jarvis

  • Mark Sickman
  • Mary Armao McCarthy
  • Matthew Sisson
  • Pamela Gemme
  • Sandy Carlson

  • Steven Biondolillo
  • Teresa Vanairsdale

  • Tom Clark

  • Tom Legasse

  • Wendell Smith
  • Zvi A. Sesling

Poetry Contests

Students Grades 4-12 & Little Leaguers

Learn More & Enter Contest

College Students & All Poets Everywhere

Learn More & Enter Contest

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

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Sponsors:

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