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Table of Contents

Autumnal Road 2023                 Volume 15, Issue 2

Who’s on First

Scott Palmieri: Five for Five

Baseball Poetry

Matthew Johnson: Colored Ballplayer Grows Impatient; Mike Piazza Brings Some Normalcy to the World
Jeral Williams: KMOX–1120 on your AM Dial
Thomas Reynolds: Sometimes Gods Do Answer Letters

Essays

J.D. Scrimgeour: Kidland
Daniel A. Hill: Is Novak Djokovic Likeable Enough?

Water Works

Steven Church: Float Trip
Heather E. Goodman: After the Upper Lakes

Running Men Poetry

Jim Richards: One Hundred Lines on One Hundred Miles
Scott F. Parker: Note to Self

Rough Stuff

Joshua Hall: How I Learned to Stand and Bang: On Winning and Losing in Combat Sports
Michael Copperman: Winning
Jonathan Holland: Coach Taught Me to Mop
Lance Mason: Fear is Where You Find It
Jack Bedell: Memory: Mercy

SL Football

Peter Stine: About Kickoffs
Rick Burton: Uprights
Bob Vance: 4th and Inches

Poetry

Mark D. Bennion: Pre-Season
D.R. James: Second day of gun season,
Jack Ridl: Sportswriter After Another Game

SL Basketball

Noah Davis: I like to believe
Jack Bedell: Spud Webb
Morgan Christie: Like Mike
Yvonne Zipter: Air Born
Lora Keller: Celestial Collusion; Optimus Prime; Shape Shifter

Winter Musings

Mark Anthony Jarman: Cranks on Planks
Brian Haskell: Ember on Ice
David Ram: Hockey Jersey 18

Sunset Reflections

Michael Graham: Taking it All in Stride
Jan Ball: Exercise 101
Eric Chiles: Flog golf
Edmond Stevens: The Little Death of October