I like the way the clichés get deader & deader with the repetitions, Bill (a not-quite-villanelle for the sport).
Doug
> On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:44 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I played squash for a while but never in any sort of competition, Patrick.
> I find Iyengar-style yoga non-competitive and non-combative. Tai chi has
> benefits too.
>
> I’m not fussed by including off-rhymes.
>
> Bikk
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 at 8:09 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>> Hi Bill yes caught that macho sport thing for me -I managed to escape
>> that and cricket
>>
>> by doing Athletics (so many years ago but was sportsman of the year at
>> school) :-)
>>
>> found perform and mourn a bit clunky?
>>
>>
>> On 30/10/2018 22:22, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> Injuries above the neck: no such thing
>>>
>>> Run harder till your second win kicks in
>>>
>>> Don’t let them get under your skin
>>>
>>>
>>> It’s all a matter of discipline
>>>
>>> Avoid the corridor; play wide round the wings
>>>
>>> Injuries above the neck: no such thing
>>>
>>>
>>> In the final quarter, fling everything
>>>
>>> Never expect the bell to ring
>>>
>>> Injuries above the neck: no such thing
>>>
>>>
>>> Whatever you do, don’t drop the ball
>>>
>>> No margin too large; no second effort too small
>>>
>>> Don’t let them get under your skin
>>>
>>>
>>> Fill gaps that open, into them swarm
>>>
>>> Play instinctively, as if to it born
>>>
>>> Injuries above the neck: no such thing
>>>
>>>
>>> Be a big show, go out there, perform
>>>
>>> If you don’t give your all, tomorrow you’ll mourn
>>>
>>> Injuries above the neck: no such thing
>>>
>>> Don’t let them get under your skin
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
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