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Eskimo Baseball
by Don J. Rearden → (All Poetry by Don J. Rearden)
  
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This poem depicts one of my first experiences growing up as the only white boy in a Yup'ik Eskimo village.

ESKIMO BASEBALL

I remember when Benny
stole my baseball glove.

He and the other Yup’ik
boys
ran laughing down the
muddy boardwalk

my old leather mitt
clutched in his hand

they probably had never
seen a baseball glove
before that cool spring day

the irony
didn’t occur to me then
as I choked on blood and tears
- my nose sore and stained red -
I was the only “kas’saq”
in the village

WHITEBOY

the only left hander
too.

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 Reviews of "Eskimo Baseball"
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
i don't care if the words rhyme...I LOVE IT

courageous write of what you went through...i applaude you

well done

(((HUGS))) and love,

karla. :)

Reviewed by Charleen Burge (Reader)
Reviewed on February 27, 2003
Pretty good for writer's block.
Charleen

Reviewed on September 14, 2002
it must have been interesting being the only white kid among the yupi'k eskimos. i know how you feel; at work, i feel like at times i am the only white one among a sea of non-english speaking mexicans (although i know that isn't exactly true; still, most of the back of the house help ARE mexican, and they don't speak english; it makes for a very frustrating time for me!!). good write, anyway!! :)

Reviewed by Elizabeth
Reviewed on May 17, 2002
I like this poem, although the words in it don't exactly rhyme.


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