The Score Card

Introduction: Warming Up

American Baseball Haiku and Senryu

Arthur “Bud” Goodrich 1919

Jack Kerouac 1922–1969

Helen Shaffer 1923

Cor van den Heuvel 1931

Raffael de Gruttola 1935

Sylvia Forges-Ryan 1937

Arizona Zipper 1940?

George Swede 1940

Bill Pauly 1942

Edward J. Rielly 1943

Michael Fessler 1944

David Elliott 1944

Gerard John Conforti 1948

John Stevenson 1948

Lee Gurga 1949

David Giacalone 1949

Alan Pizzarelli 1950

Brenda Gannam 1950

Mike Dillon 1950

Tom Painting 1951

Tom Clausen 1951

Jim Kacian 1953

Ed Markowski 1954

Randy Brooks 1954

Michael Ketchek 1954

Bruce Kennedy 1957

Michael Dylan Welch 1962

Dan McCullough 1966

Mathew V. Spano 1967

Chad Lee Robinson 1980

Japanese Baseball Haiku

Masaoka Shiki image 1867–1902

Kawahigashi Hekigotimage image 1873–1937

Mizuhara Shimageimageshi image 1892–1981

Yamaguchi Seishi image 1901–1994

Akimoto Fujio image 1901–1977

Taki Shun’ichi image 1902–1996

Ozawa Seiyimageshi image 1912–1945

Kadokawa Genyoshi image 1917–1975

Suzuki Murio image 1919–2004

Yamazaki Hisao image 1927

Arima Akito image 1930

Takaha Shugyimage image 1930

Hoshino Tsunehiko image 1935

Imai Sei image 1950

Yotsuya Ryimage image 1958

Extra Innings

American and Japanese Baseball

Baseball and Haiku Book List

Index of Poets

Acknowledgments