My 10-year old son asked me to write a haiku about the inside of a baseball. I don’t say yes to all of his requests, but on this one I said, “Why not.”
Cork and rubber ball
A small, densely packed center
Core of a baseball
Covered by rubber
One black layer and one red
This part is “the pill”
Gray wool yarn is next
Spun and spun and spun some more
Feet and feet of yarn
Windings they are called
Three made of grey woolen yard
One of white cotton
Four windings in all
Cover the pill, which surrounds
The cork, rubber core
Then comes the cowhide
Two white pieces, stitched as one
Ball’s outer layer
One hundred and eight
Red stitches of waxed red thread
Complete the baseball
