Baseball and Writing, poem by Marianne Moore

BASEBALL AND WRITING (Excerpt)
by Marianne Moore

…Writing is exciting
and baseball is like writing.
You can never tell with either
how it will go
or what you will do; 
generating excitement –
a fever in the victim –
pitcher, catcher, fielder, batter.
Victim in what category?
Owlman watching from the press box?
To whom does it apply
Who is excited? Might it be I?

Photo: Poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) throwing out the first pitch of the NY Yankees’ 1968 season.

Baseball and Writing, Poem by Marianne Moore

BASEBALL AND WRITING (Excerpt)

Poem by Marianne Moore

…Writing is exciting

and baseball is like writing.

You can never tell with either

how it will go

or what you will do; 

generating excitement —

a fever in the victim —

pitcher, catcher, fielder, batter.

Victim in what category?

Owlman watching from the press box?

To whom does it apply

Who is excited? Might it be I?

Photo: Poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) throwing out the first pitch of the NY Yankees’ 1968 season.