Boys Of Summer Poem by Susan Lacovara

Boys Of Summer

Rating: 5.0


I cannot tell you what's become
Of my lovers, lost to yesterday

Like those old collected baseball cards,
The 'rookies' became Hall of Famers
and their statistical accomplishments
are compared and commented upon

There are some, whose numbers should be retired
In great ceremonial pomp and circumstance,
in recognition of the outstanding
players they were...

And others, who should've been traded,
Cut loose, as free agents,
Long before their original contracts
were due to be renegotiated

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
(06/11/12)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Suburban Lovechild 07 May 2014

I've just started reading Boys of Summer, the classic by Roger Kahn, who talks about his times spent with the '50s Brooklyn Dodgers, very different than today's boys of summer, where millions swirl around them...nice write...

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Sekharan Pookkat 03 April 2014

love your poetry and love you as a poet of love

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Anthony Burkett 03 February 2014

LOL! ! ! I Love the wit and sarcasms of this one... Very well done my dear poet! Touché! ... a fabulous pen for the pure enjoyment of laughs and giggles! With a knowing and smiling wink I tip my at to this one! ; -)

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Thomas Vaughan Jones 02 February 2014

Take some credit. You made men of at least some boys. Love your poetry.

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Liliana ~el 18 October 2013

Interesting comparison well analysed :)

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