2024 06 19 For Willie Mays

Today we learned that baseball legend Wille Mays passed away on June 18, 2024. This poem is from Peter Meinke's collection called Lucky Bones.
Tonight, June 19, 2024, he reads his poem in honor of Willie Mays.

[@beverlynelmes1468]

Thank you for this marvelous tribute, Dr. Meinke!

[@davidglass1253]

Peter and Gretchen - thank you inexpressibly. That is one aim a poem aspires to - I would think - ineffability. I see so many inward and internally conceived structures - echoes - reflexes - allusions rich and varied. I’d love to enjoy sporting myself at writing about it further. Since I have all your books of poetry (and prose) --- would you (or Gretchen) please let me know in which book(s) this poem appear(s) ? David Glass

[@jaredcurtis-pi5xe]

Thank you, Peter, and thank you Gretchen for making the recording.

[@jonathanlkeeton]

Dearest Peter (and Gretchen) thank you for this wonderful poem. So lovely to see and hear you.

[@morrisralph54]

Thanks for honoring a boyhood hero of mine....and many others.

[@litmint9790]

Fantastic man, fantastic poem. ♥️