I can't see it catching on at the Australian Open.
How many rhymes could he find for "Australian Open", I wonder? The
mind boggles, and having boggled, moves on...
xA
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:42 PM, David Bircumshaw
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> There were also these terifying words in the article:
>
> "follows Heathrow airport and Marks & Spencer in embracing the vogue for
> writers in residence."
>
> And
>
> "He will also recite his poems to the queues waiting to enter the club,"
>
> There might be riots. I also have this vision of England becoming a
> nightmare society where armies of bad performance poets recite their wares
> to the helpless and incarcerated: like those in hospital, prison, job centre
> queues or data entry centres.
>
> On 19 May 2010 02:44, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Two for the price of one. That's value.
>>
>> xA
>>
>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Caleb Cluff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Amazingly - debases poetry AND tennis simultaneously.
>> >
>> > Caleb
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not quite the Pindaric Odes, eh?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/matt-harvey-appointed-wimbledon-poet
>> >>
>> >> Here's an extract, for your listening pleasure...
>> >>
>> >> xA
>> >>
>> >> Wimbledon,
>> >>
>> >> Where strawberries and cream have
>> >>
>> >> traditionally been sampled in,
>> >>
>> >> Kids' eyes have lit up and their cheeks
>> >>
>> >> have been dimpled in
>> >>
>> >> Wimbledon,
>> >>
>> >> Where tough tennis cookies have
>> >>
>> >> cracked and then crumbled in,
>> >>
>> >> Top seeds have stumbled, have
>> >>
>> >> tumbled, been humbled in
>> >>
>> >> Wimbledon,
>> >>
>> >> Where home-grown heroes' hopes have
>> >>
>> >> swelled up and then dwindled in
>> >>
>> >> Wimbledon.
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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