`` Brothers Playing Catch With Sons `` By Donald Hall And...

Trevor Lee Mr. Church English III 6 March 2015 Sports The poems I choose to write about were â€Å"Fathers Playing Catch with Sons† by Donald Hall and â€Å"This is the Day† by Tim Peeler. Both of these sports poems were written in the twentieth century, and have a similar style and theme The first poem I choose, â€Å"Father Playing Catch with Sons† by Donald Hall, was written in 1984. This poem is written about a game of baseball. The scene is set in the bottom of the ninth inning. He is up to bat with the bases loaded, and his team is trailing. The first pitch thrown is a slider, and the hitter fouls it off his cup. The author describes the next pitch as an â€Å"Express Freight.† Meaning the ball came in at a high velocity with a lot of power, just as a train would. He swings, but he is just behind. The ball is popped foul. Then the poem takes a quick turn into a basketball scene. The player is standing at the line with two shots to win. The gym is quiet. He missed the first one. He bounces the ball and misses the next. His team loses, and he says he disappears and changes his name. This poem is describing the big moments in a sports, such as trying to take the game winning shot or being the last one up to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning. When in this situation everyone is counting on you to make a big play, and that is a lot of pressure.If you don’t people are mad or disappointed in you, and it is hard to hold your head high after this. That is why he said, â€Å"We lose. I