Within the pages of The Poetry of Sport and The Sport of Poetry readers will find poems about several sports that will help them to reminisce and relive their athletic experiences once again. One poem even recalls the author's athletic start on city streets with a homemade bat and a well-used Spaldeen, the accepted ball at the time.These pages also contain poems that celebrate the sport of playing with language known as poetry. Sports and the craft of writing both involve having fun and accepting the challenge of performing for an audience.Readers will reminisce and relive, but also renew and enjoy their love of sports through their participation in the act of reading poetry.