National Poetry Month Opened on Opening Day

Milton Jordan

April 1, 2023

Old poets sharpened two pencils, scoring

the Cardinals - Astros from TV coverage,

a few purists from radio voices,

and turned, between innings, to our notebooks

with fresh pencils to line double meaning

into the gaps on those pages  

writing visions of a World Series 

Opening Day always seems to promise.

Milton Jordan grew up in Houston. His dad took him to his first Houston Buff game when he was nine years old. He has attended Opening Day in several Major, Minor, and Semi-pro League ballparks.