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Purple Row poetry slam: Rockies poems for National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month and, according to my calendar, we have just enough time for a contextually appropriate Purple Row poetry slam. Not that we necessarily need that justification, but it helps. The downside to that is we may have to start doing this for other themed months. But the upside is that May is National Pet Month, so get ready for a boatload of Rookie pictures.

Anyway, enjoy these poems on this final day of National Poetry Month, and add your own to the comments as well!

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The Rage of Oberg

(with apologies to Homer and thanks to Connor Farrell)

Coors — Goddess, sing the rage of Charlotte Rose’s father, Oberg,

ruddy cheeked, purple clad, who meted out a cold autumn loss to the Cubs,

hurling down on the House of Wrigley so many sliders,

great hitters’ souls — Bryant, Gore, Báez, Almora Jr.