Hummers, Knucklers, and Slow Curves: Contemporary Baseball Poems

Don Johnson

University of Illinois Press, 1991 - Poetry - 130 pages

''A charmer. Some titles include: 'Late Innings'. 'Baseball: Divine Comedy', 4th Base','Mantle'. On the roster are poets like John Updike, Gregory Corso, Robert Penn Warren,Donald Hall, and Richard Eberhart. The collection includes heroes, villains, and the highand low drama of sport. There is also philosophical bite.'' - The Christian ScienceMonitor

Contents

• William D Barney: 1
• David Bottoms: 2
• Neal Bowers: 3
• World Series Blues: 4
• Rick Campbell: 5
• Douglas Carbon: 6
• Fred Chappell: 8
• Junk Ball: 9
• Strike Zone: 10
• Tom Clark: 11
• Baseball: 12
• To Bert Campaneris: 13
• September in the Bleachers: 14
• Gregory Corso: 15
• Michael Culross: 16
• The Lost Heroes: 17
• Philip Dacey: 18
• Jim Daniels: 20
• World Series 1968: 21
• Gregory Djanikian: 22
• Richard Eberhart: 24
• David Allen Evans: 25
• Charles Fanning: 26
• Robert A Fink: 28
• Divine Comedy: 29
• Susan Firer: 31
• Robert Francis: 32
• The Base Stealer: 33
• Robert Gibb: 34
• Walker Gibson: 36
• Gary Gildner: 37
• In My Meanest Daydream: 38
• Speaking in Tongues: 39
• Judy Goldman: 41
• Donald Hall: 42
• The Baseball Players: 43
• William Heyen: 44
• The Stadium: 45
• Conrad Hilberry: 46
• Jonathan Holden: 47
• Hitting Against Mike Cutler: 50
• How to Play Night Baseball: 51
• A Poem for Ed Whitey Ford: 52
• Richard Hugo: 54
• Missoula Softball Tournament: 55
• From Altitude the Diamonds: 57
• James Humphrey: 58
• Rolfe Humphries: 61
• Richard Jackson: 62
• Don Johnson: 64
• And the River Gathered around Us: 66
• Halvard Johnson: 68
• Laurence Lieberman: 72
• Carol Masters: 73
• William Matthew: 75
• Gail Mazur: 76
• The Idea of Florida during a Winter Thaw: 79
• Linda Mizejewjki: 81
• Larry Moffi: 83
• Lillian Morrison: 84
• Of Kings and Things: 85
• Tim Peeler: 86
• Donald Petersen: 87
• Jack Ridl: 89
• Mike Shannon: 90
• Tom Sheehan: 92
• Arthur Smith: 94
• Dave Smith: 96
• Mean Rufus Throw Down: 97
• The Roundhouse Voices: 98
• R T Smith: 101
• Ron Smith: 103
• Dabney Stuart: 105
• Full Count: 106
• James Tate: 108
• Rodney Torreson: 109
• Ryne Duren Yankee Reliever: 111
• John Updike: 113
• Robert Wallace: 114
• Robert Penn Warren: 115
• Phillip Wedge: 117
• Charles B Wheeler: 119
• Paul Zimmer: 122
• Thurmans Slumping Blues: 123
• Notes on the Contributors: 125

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hummers, Knucklers, and Slow Curves: Contemporary Baseball Poems
• Editor: Don Johnson
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1991
• ISBN: 0252061837, 9780252061837
• Length: 130 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / American / General; Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors); Poetry / General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General