Hank Kalet presents a compelling poem about baseball and teaching, expertly drawing parallels between the speaker’s personal life, Dwight Gooden’s mixed legacy, and a seemingly pedestrian classroom exercise.
Hank Kalet
About Hank Kalet
Hank Kalet would rather be at the beach, but he has to work as a journalist and writing professor to maintain his poetry habit. He teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College, Edison, N.J. His work has been published in The Progressive, In These Times, Serving House Journal, Main Street Rag and elsewhere.