Michael Ceraolo describes himself as a 52-year-old civil servant/poet trying to overcome a middle class upbringing. His work has been published in numerous magazines and he has one full-length and several shorter-length books to his credit. This poem is based on his project, Baseball a la Shakespeare, in which Michael is rewriting all of Shakespeare’s sonnets and certain soliloquies with baseball themes.
Shakespearean Baseball Sonnet #25
By Michael Ceraolo
Let those whose teams are favored by the stars
Of public honor and proud titles boast,
Whilst the team I follow such triumph bars,
Their not having won what I honor most.
Great cities’ teams are too often favored,
And have been for a century and more
For reasons already much belabored;
But even those of us who know the score
Are hoping against hope for our team’s day,
Keeping a wary eye on our team’s fight,
Hoping to be surprised at our team’s play;
A championship would be a welcome sight.
One day happy will be the team beloved,
With a title never to be removed.
Leave it to Michael to give himself such a daunting task!