Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/poet-reflects-on-family-and-a-trip-to-the-world-series Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Poet Karen Zaborowski Duffy has been a high school English teacher for 20 years. She's been a Philadelphia Phillies fan for even longer. Although her beloved team is not in this year's World Series, she shares a poem about being at the event years ago with her daughter. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. KAREN ZABOROWSKI DUFFY: When I wrote the poem, all of this came together, and I was keenly aware of the importance of capturing moments, in poetry and in life.World Series, Game 5Even God, I think, is here,so high up in the standswith my ten-year old daughter and mewe can almost touch the Xfrom Schmidty's old home run,probably the two worst seats at the Vetbut right where the whole worldwants to be.I let her drink real Coke,eat Milky Ways and dance with strangers at 11: 30 on a school night and stillninety minutes from home.I took her sticky hand.The Phillies and we are in control.For now, the world has stopped worryingabout players who might be traded,moods that might swing and miss.There are no thoughts about new uniformsand the boys who will wear them.Tonight she is here and finds it easyto love me for this end-of-seasonhome game.We are those jumping red dotsin the center of the universe, my daughterand me and a baseball gamethat is perfect and no more meaninglessthan anything else.