3 Detroit Tiger Haikus
by Gary Gillette
Detroit Tigers Haiku No. 1
Legless catchers spawn
Famously angry peaches.
Hay market/Hey, Michigan!
Detroit Tigers Haiku No. 2
Wahoo Sam divides
Matty Mac from Cobb the Peach.
The loon shrieks “Ee-yah.”
Detroit Tigers Haiku No. 3
Hank’s Hebrew hammer
Batters crystal hatred…knocked
To green fields beyond.
Posted 4/25/08
4 Tampa Bay Haiku
by Gary Gillette
Tampa Bay Haiku No. 1
In God’s waiting room
The Sea hatches unholy
Bottom-feeding Rays.
Tampa Bay Haiku No. 2
Satanic rays swim
‘Round rev’nue-sharing sinkhole.
Damn Yanks; damn Red Sox.
Tampa Bay Haiku No. 3
Naimoli mantra:
Vinnie, we hardly knew ye.
Gale force storm brewing.
Tampa Bay Haiku No. 4
Even St. Peter
Could not make juice from concrete.
Bayside disaster.
Posted 4/15/08.
OPENING DAY…
By Gary Gillette
Opening Day. Green.
April grass: green. Ballpark, green.
Fans’ hearts red—heads blue.
Posted 4/8/08
