“Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #98,” by Michael Ceraolo

MLB Spring Training means that the first day of spring and Opening Day are both just around the corner! Here’s another great piece from Michael Ceraolo, published by Stanzaic Stylings, in anticipation of another season of baseball.

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From you I have been absent in the spring,

Til Opening Day, dressed in all its trim,

Hath put the spirit of youth in everything.

But my love for you is hardly a whim:

I have missed the ballpark’s array of smells

And both teams’ uniforms’ array of hues;

I have missed the stories that my love tells,

A dazzling selection from which to choose;

I have missed the wonder of the ball’s white.

I have missed the wonder of the field’s green.

I wonder if the new will be a fright.

I wonder of those who will make the scene.

It seems winter still with the game away,

Until the team comes home ready to play.