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National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

Adult Contest Recognition

Adult Contest Recognition2026-02-18T11:01:48-05:00

2025 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • Christine Arvidson: At the Ballgame By Myself

  • David Bachner: Baseball Season in Belmar, New Jersey

  • Stephen Cramer: Apology

  • Darlene Elias: Tomboy

  • David M. Harris: Right Fielder

  • Kevin Hodgson: A Famous Change-Up

  • Tiff Holland: Elegy for Uncle Bill

  • Ben Klemer: Back Home

  • Laurinda Lind: Handoff

  • C.I. Marshall: Elegy for a Minor League Relief Pitcher

  • Christine M. Quirk: Impossible Dream

  • Steve Rodriguez: Escapism at John Galvin Park

  • Keith Rohman: Zen and Baseball

  • Erika Higgins Ross: The Connection

  • Dan Sicoli: bandinetto

  • J. J. Steinfeld: The Memory of a Baseball Fan

  • Lisa Timpf: An Aging Athlete Holds Their Ground

  • Richard Waring: Madison, New Jersey, 1957

  • Carol Was: After Her Last Game

  • M. Brooke Wiese: Under the Eaves

On deck: David Atwood, Robert Brickhouse, Matthew Lawrence, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, George Wallace, Tim Wiles, Gideon Young

2024 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • Scott Bolohan: Sneaking Down

  • Jeff Brain: Vampire Pitch

  • R. Bremner: The Ghost Chaser

  • Tom Clark: The Tools of Ignorance

  • Kristen Baum DeBeasi: The Secret Lives of Baseballs

  • Tom Driscoll: The dead

  • Ellen Foos: Punching the Mascot

  • Nate Jacob: For Glove of the Game

  • Lawrence Kessenich: The Pen and the Bat

  • Tom Lagasse: Open Field

  • John Long: Peck Stowe Factory Baseball Team

  • David Lott: Preseason Report

  • William J. Meissner: The Outfielder’s Girlfriend

  • William Moorhead: Sports Drinks

  • Herbert Munshine: You Should Know His Name

  • Clara Silverstein: Power Hitter

  • Ivan Smason: Triples

  • Stephen Straight: Selfie

  • Karen Warinsky: Little League Moms

  • Sterling Warner: Classic Yankee

2023 National Baseball Poetry Festival

Roster of Poets and Poems Selected for Recognition

  • Rex Arrasmith: Diamond Three Dial

  • Andy Baron: Thanks, Eddie Pellagrini

  • Scott Bolohan: Monument Park

  • Cheryl L. Bonin: Field of Life

  • Kevin Boyle: Baseball Myth

  • Jeff Brain: Neruda Meets Basie

  • Michael Ceraolo: Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #1

  • Tom Clark: Go Robins!

  • Richard Collins Davis: Casey Stops by the Ball Park on a Snowy Evening

  • Jessica Costello: Stitches

  • Paul M. Leary: The Call

  • Darren Lopez: Kings of the Diamond

  • Mary Armao McCarthy: The Little Leaguer Grows Up

  • John Russell Monagle: The Old Man Plays Softball

  • Carlo Morrissey: Baseball Memory, 1958

  • Stefano Duranti Poccetti: Baseball from Life to Death

  • Audrey Roth: Cerulean

  • Lauren Silvia: The Field

  • Ivan Smason: The Prospect

  • Rachel Whitfield: God Bless Softball

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