Poetry Challenge #241-Out of the Mouth of Babe
Batter UP! Today, April 27th is National Babe Ruth Day! A day set aside to honor and remember Babe Ruth, arguably the most famous baseball player of all time, in his 22-season MLB career (1914-1935, with the Red Sox, Yankees, and Braves), Babe Ruth held 56 records for the Yankees, some of which still stand today.
The first Babe Ruth Day was April 27th, 1947, when almost 60,000 fans crowded into Yankee Stadium to fete Babe Ruth. To read more about Babe Ruth and view a clip of his speech that day, click over to BabeRuthCentral, the website maintained by his family, that celebrates all things Babe!
Poetry Challenge #241
Out of the Mouth of Babe
Ninety-nine years ago, prior to the opening day game in the brand spanking new Yankee Stadium, the biggest, grandest, first-ever to be called a baseball stadium, Babe Ruth told reporters:
“I’d give a year of my life if I could hit a home run on opening day of this great new park.”
And he did! *
Today’s challenge is to write a poem about something you (or some imaginary you) would give anything to do.
Be sure to include what that “anything” is and be specific about exactly what it is you want that badly to do.
After all, if Babe could do it, why can’t you?
Set Your Timer for 7 Minutes
Start Writing!
Don’t Think About it, just do it!
And get ready! The House That Ruth Built, by Kelly Bennett, with illustrations by Susanna Covelli, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Opening Day at the original Yankee Stadium and Babe Ruth’s first home run in the legendary ballpark, is forthcoming from Familius, Spring 2023!
Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge 2000+ days ago. Now we take turns creating prompts to share with you. Our hope is that creatives—children & adults—will use our prompts as springboards to word play time. If you join us in the Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.
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