Stine Writing and Miniatures

W3 Prompt #195: Wea’ve Written Weekly: Spring Training Time

W3 Prompt #195: Wea’ve Written Weekly
https://skepticskaddish.com/2026/01/21/w3-prompt-195-weave-written-weekly/

After two years working at the games, this year I will only be a bystander…

Spring Training Time

Major league baseball will start soon
Ticket office opens
Questions
Watch the players enter the field
We hear the anthem sung
One voice

Put on your jersey to show pride
Remember the game’s rules
First pitch
A grand slam or a homerun
The winning team hears cheers
Baseball

©2026 CBialczak

Marion’s prompt: Memento

For this week’s W3 challenge, let’s write a Memento — a poetic form created by Emily Romano. A memento poem captures a holiday, anniversary, or meaningful moment held in memory.

The poem is written in two stanzas. Each of the two stanzas follows this syllabic pattern:

  • Line 1: 8 beats
  • Line 2: 6 beats
  • Line 3: 2 beats

This pattern is repeated once per stanza, for a total rhyme scheme of a / b / c / a / b / c in each stanza.

Find examples of the form HERE.

So, dig out those photos, seashells, ticket stubs, or quiet keepsakes — whatever carries you back to that moment — and share your Memento with us.

12 comments

  1. Christine — this feels like arriving early and letting the whole ritual unfold. I especially like “We hear the anthem sung / One voice”; to me it captures that quiet moment before the noise breaks loose.

    ~David

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  2. Whenever I’ve seen baseball played in a big stadium on screen I could see how excited the crowd get. So while I don’t know anything about the game, I can picture your memento (and hear it!). Nicely captured, Christine.

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