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Robert Whitcomb Robert Whitcomb

I like the heavy stuff at Fenway

— (Dated!) photo by Bernard Gagnon

— (Dated!) photo by Bernard Gagnon

Forget the frank, the hot dog –

Give me the Fenway sausage.
Lansdowne or Yawkey,

Just give me the street, the crowds, the carts….

So much memory

Of family and fun

Of ballgames, tailgates, and the carnie….

— From “Sausage,’’ by Raymond Foss, in The Poets of New England: The Underground Writers Association’s Anthology of New England Poets.

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