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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. > >> > >> -- > >> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > >> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > >> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com > >> > > > > > > -- > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com > -- (David) "Dave no more" Joseph Bircumshaw "Every old house was scaffolding once/And workmen whistling" Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/