By Bill Castanier on April 12, 2013
MONDAY EVENING, OAK PARK YMCA
I see again
a trickle of men
emerging from the peewee-sized doors
of the racquetball courts
wearing their Jim McMahon
sweatbands and knee-braces
perspiration clinging
to each wrinkle
and kinked body hair
like overcooked pasta.
I want to high-five them all.
By Angela Wittrock
Angela Wittrock, a poet and reporter for MLive Media Group in Lansing Michigan, is a Detroit Tiger fan.
Posted in Literary Lansing, News, Poem/a/Day | Tagged Angela Wittrock, high-five, Lansing Michigan, MLive Media Group, YMCA |
Bill Castanier has been an award-wining weekly newspaper editor, advertising and public relations executive in his 40 year career. In addition, he has been an executive with a newspaper trade association and founded Michigan’s first technology association, I-TE@M. He writes a weekly newspaper feature on Michigan authors and is on the Board of the Kerrytown BookFest and the Michigan Notable Book Awards. He has the only daily blog on Michigan literature (
Mittenlit) and founded
Spartanpodcast.com.
