Some Canadian poets have definitely written about swimming & diving
(Klein & Layton, eg); & after Al Purdy wrote a hockey poem, we had a
bunch, including at least one whole book (the name of the author
escaping me at the moment)....
Doug
On 13-Jul-06, at 12:11 PM, Roger Day wrote:
> Vernon Scammell was a *boxer*, Auden's Divers brilliant bow (that's
> more about sex than poetry), Lorca (Lament for Ignacio Sanchez
> Mejias). See http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/34/6/471 for
> some heavier content.
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