Two for the price of one. That's value.
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On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Amazingly - debases poetry AND tennis simultaneously.
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> Caleb
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> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Not quite the Pindaric Odes, eh?
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>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/matt-harvey-appointed-wimbledon-poet
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>> Here's an extract, for your listening pleasure...
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>> xA
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>> Wimbledon,
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>> Where strawberries and cream have
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>> traditionally been sampled in,
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>> Kids' eyes have lit up and their cheeks
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>> have been dimpled in
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>> Wimbledon,
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>> Where tough tennis cookies have
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>> cracked and then crumbled in,
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>> Top seeds have stumbled, have
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>> tumbled, been humbled in
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>> Wimbledon,
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>> Where home-grown heroes' hopes have
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>> swelled up and then dwindled in
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>> Wimbledon.
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