Taken from twenty-seven collections of poetry written between the
years 1989 and 2006, Thomas Porky McDonald offers up Diamond
Reflections: Baseball Pieces For Real Fans, 291 poems about and
fueled by the once and future National Pastime. Reflecting on a
joyous childhood, the poet's deep-rooted love for baseball, first
instilled in him by his father, Bill "The Chief" McDonald, flows
vibrantly throughout this volume. As in previous poetry books,
McDonald divides Diamond Reflections into workable sections, giving
the reader a guide that proves most helpful to those similarly
inspired. In Heroes, personal favorites from a child of the late
60's-early 70's ("My Pal Willie," "Able to Find Cleon," "A Single
Classic Swing") meld seamlessly with historical figures ("When the
Man Came On Waving His Wand," "Me and the Splinter," "Waiting For
Jackie Robinson") latter-day luminaries ("Safe Harbor," "San
Diego's Pride") and often forgotten stars of the Negro Leagues
("Ol' Satch," "Mule in the Sky," "Thinking About Josh"). In Playing
Fields, this formula continues, with the old ("The Park That Isn't
There," "A Church I Never Went To," "Across Dimensions," "Merely
Sunny Yesterday"), the new ("Outskirts," "Rockin' By the Lakeside,"
"Stillwell, Surf to Shore") and the personal memories of childhood
("The Peaceful Joy We Had," "Faith Between the Lines," "The Fields
of the Lost, Scattered Youths," "Queensbridge") each checking in.
In Lessons, personal beliefs and feelings inspired by or
corroborated by baseball round out the collection. The most
evocative of these include "A Big Small Town Known as Childhood,"
"Rainbows in Need of a Storm," "The Boy From Down the Hall,"
"Wooden Bats" and "When We Were AllPoets." A Final Tour, whose
singular piece, "Farewell to a Season," may most properly define
the scope of the work (.,"Laughter every inning, here to the
beginning; Reach out youngster aging for the light."), closes out a
sincere and thoroughly positive volume of
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