Thanks, Doug. The almost-ness of the villanelle form was not deliberate.
Thanks for picking up my error.
It should read:
Coaching
Injuries above the neck: no such thing
Run harder till your second wind 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
Don’t let them get under your skin
Whatever you do, don’t drop the ball
No margin too large; no second effort too small
Injuries above the neck: no such thing
Fill gaps that open, into them swarm
Play instinctively, as if to it born
Don’t let them get under your skin.
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
On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 3:07 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I like the way the clichés get deader & deader with the repetitions, Bill
> (a not-quite-villanelle for the sport).
>
> Doug
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> > On Oct 31, 2018, at 4:44 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > 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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