Frank E Gibbard Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Anyone for tennis?Wimbledon is on.So is the media'sannual obsessionwhose gross setof knowledge hasas many holes asthe average net.When Murray isdone so is theirbit a fortnight's fun.Not alas a lack ofspace-fillers forRooney'll surelybe back doing nilof consequenceto report on butwe always will yet.Oh and the Royalsthey never go awayhip hooray hooray!Cheers and beersall round ye happyhacks, Pyms doneits bunk for a year.Such a small (Katy)price to pay keeptaking the tabloidsevery day, Page 3will never die stillpoking in the eye.Now if there was aBritish Sharapovaand they didn't alllook like yer ClareBalding and a bitmore like Will'stasty bird. Rats anddrainpipes mateyall day ... werrhay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Wimbledon again Frank with all the usual "silly season" ritual.. and the nearest we English get to winning is for the press to claim Andy Murray (a Scot) as British :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I see an interesting development in Frank's poetry with run-on lines, Yes, Andy Murray is British, and so was Richard Harris when he was up for an Oscar. When he was arrested for drunken affray he was described as Irish ... Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Not a tennis fan, nor a watcher of most athletic events, except when Tiger Woods is on the leader board. I have seen several fatheaded Americans make a spectacle like spoiled brats do, and I like strawberries and cream. That's the limit of my knowledge of Wimbledon. Boring as watching corn grow. Still, I like your observations, Frank, and think of Wimbledon as the Masters of golf. What I hate, no matter the country, is the privileges accorded to those who have achieved nothing but fame. But that's likely the uncouth Yank in me. I think Richard Harris was a great actor, especially in Westerns like "The Unforgiven." I like the parochial language here, as fitting for the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Love this Frank. I like tennis. Wimbelton is on the screen at my house right now , watching women's semifinals. I like the all white tradition of Wimbleton, it has class. It almost seems like Wimbleton has been on 24 hours a day for over a week now. But we broke it up today with watching a volleyball game between US and Bulgaria, Bulgaria won which was disheartening on US Independance Day, USA should have won! Today every American is a patriot. My husband and I used to play doubles with friends when we were younger but not so much anymore. I haven't played in over 10 years other than hitting the ball around with my granddaughters on the park court. The girls are pretty good. Their other grandma works and plays at a Tennis club and they have been to Tennis camp every year for the last few years. Write all of the tennis poems you want Frank. The shortlines and run on strophes kind of felt like the rhythm of a match. ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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