I’ve always said poetry and I don’t get along.

Unless we’re talking about Shel Silverstein or Lewis Carroll. Maybe some Wallace Stevens.

Anyway, poetry wasn’t something I ever wanted to write.

But this spring, I was at a reading and heard someone (apologies for forgetting exactly who) perform a poem about Kobe Bryant—and I got inspired.

Around the same time, Ichiro Suzuki had just been elected to the MLB Hall of Fame. And for some mind-boggling reason, one voter decided not to check the box. Ichiro missed a unanimous induction by one vote. One. Vote.

I won’t go on a rant about how idiotic that is (because you’d be reading for the next half hour). Instead, I’ll share the poem I wrote about that travesty—hot off the press as of this morning.

It’s a short read. I hope you enjoy it.

https://www.underreviewlit.com/new-blog/unanimous