Thanks, Andrew.
Bill
On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 12:21 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very nice, Bill.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 05:57, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Doug. I’m not really much of a tennis fan either which is
> probably
> > why I allowed myself to observe the diversion. No one in the newspapers
> or
> > in the commentary box mentioned it.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 4:06 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Well, Bill, I can’t say OI’m that interested, but then you tell the
> tale
> > > so neatly, I enjoyed it all. And there is a place for narrative poetry
> of
> > > many kinds, after all.
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
> > > > On Feb 5, 2020, at 4:59 AM, Patrick McManus <
> > > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ah the Tennis season round the world feathers flying it seems -but
> from
> > > which bird we may well ask -hopefully not singed !
> > > >
> > > > thanks P
> > > >
> > > > On 04/02/2020 20:56, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > > >> Two sets down, groin injury treated mid-match, swearing,
> > > >>
> > > >> in what he hoped was an unknown language
> > > >>
> > > >> but didn’t end up being because a multilingual ball person
> > > >>
> > > >> picked it up and dobbed him in to the ref
> > > >>
> > > >> causing interrogation and further disgruntlement,
> > > >>
> > > >> Roger is about to serve again to his lower ranked opponent
> > > >>
> > > >> when suddenly he is stilled.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> A feather
> > > >>
> > > >> floats
> > > >>
> > > >> in his gaze
> > > >>
> > > >> almost as if he has willed it into being.
> > > >>
> > > >> First the hollow shaft, the calamus,
> > > >>
> > > >> dips,
> > > >>
> > > >> then pops up,
> > > >>
> > > >> allowing the top end of the rachis
> > > >>
> > > >> to take its playful downward turn
> > > >>
> > > >> and on
> > > >>
> > > >> and down
> > > >>
> > > >> like a tiny skiff in a dancing sea
> > > >>
> > > >> until it settles on the blue court.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Roger’s eyes have followed it all the way
> > > >>
> > > >> to its soft, silent landing.
> > > >>
> > > >> Now he steps over the baseline,
> > > >>
> > > >> drops to one knee,
> > > >>
> > > >> picks up the feather between thumb and forefinger,
> > > >>
> > > >> and deposits it behind the playing area.
> > > >>
> > > >> The ref allows the delay.
> > > >>
> > > >> His opponent fumes.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> That’s all it takes.
> > > >>
> > > >> He wins his service game,
> > > >>
> > > >> calmly returns anything sent his way thereafter,
> > > >>
> > > >> and accepts the match,
> > > >>
> > > >> does Roger Featherer.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> bw
> > >
> > > Douglas Barbour
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> > >
> > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
> Continuations
> > > 2 (UofAPress).
> > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > > Listen. If (UofAPress):
> > >
> > >
> > > Done in by creation itself.
> > >
> > > I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
> > > The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
> > > We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
> > >
> > > Robert Kroetsch
> > >
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