Up from the ashes
with a toss
from Jeter
coming from nowhere
to save the game
and the season
(the best play ever?),
The Men in Pinstripes
rising from the dust
of buildings and lost lives,
The American Spirit
resurrected
with The Sport of Baseball
and The New York Yankees
and The Miracle at Home.
(October 18, 2001)
Photograph (created 9/10/11) and Poem (c) Paul Heidelberg
(NOTE: ALL PHOTOS, VIDEOS, ART AND WRITING ON PAUL HEIDELBERG'S BLOGS ARE (C) COPYRIGHT PAUL HEIDELBERG.)
Heidelberg (email: paulheidelberg@yahoo.com) is a writer, artist, poet and photographer inducted into Marquis Who's Who In America and Marquis Who's Who In The World. He wrote the neo-nonfiction novel CHASING FREEDOM while living in Spain from June, 2004 to August, 2006. The book is available at www.bn.com, www.amazon.com, etc. (As of September, 2011, CHASING FREEDOM is also available in eBook format.) He was the only member of the Poetry Society of America in New York City to link a poetry/writing web site to the PSA's (during a year and a half period) when invited to do so, circa 1999.
His writing and photography packages have been published in such magazines as The Wine News and Wine Enthusiast. He has also written for such publications as Art & Antiques and Sports Illustrated and he authored an art column for five years at a 400,000 circulation South Florida daily newspaper. He has also written music reviews for years.