I used, as a child, go to cricket -- I lived very near to the Oval, Surrey
Cricket Ground
though I was never much interested in who won or lost
I liked the ceremony of it
and I cannot relate to the drive to speed it up et cetera
a tiny place I go to *sometimes plays substantial-ish teams but more often
whoever's around from the village, really a string of hamlets
"You should play", they said; and I said that I would be worse than rubbish
"Excellent," they said. "That's what we need."
L
On 13 September 2017 at 15:49, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ah, that. Which of course I didn’t get, Bill.
>
> Some poems have obvious endings, & move toward them (& there we are,
> Philip Larkin); some deliberate don’t, among the moderns…. What do we do
> with the serial poem, many of which I really like & admire…?
>
> And cricket like baseball (beloved of some US & Canadian poets) go on, not
> necessarily end after a set time…
>
> Doug
>
>
> > On Sep 13, 2017, at 4:34 AM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > you and your old cricket balls !!!
> >
> >
> > On 13/09/2017 10:33, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >> Can't help myself slipping into cricket vernacular sometimes, P.
> >>
> >> B
> >>
> >> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 at 7:09 pm, Patrick McManus <
> >> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bill or pull up stumps !!!! hope some have heard of cricket (not
> >>> dentistry!!)!!thanks P for a smile
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 12/09/2017 23:36, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>>> or pull up stumps
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
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> There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation, and rioting.
>
> Sir Charles Petrie
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