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March 16, 2004

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Thanks to Charles for showing me this:

O Jonny the power of your boot
And the accurate heart-stopping route
Of your goal as it ghosts
Through Australian posts
Is a triumph we gladly salute.
There's more, if you can stand it, in the extended entry. This poem took the Poet Laureate three months. He resolved his problems of rhyming with Wilkinson by using first names. Brilliant. Wordsworth must be turning in his grave. This poem could have been (and perhaps was) written by a primary school poetry class, who still would have been given fails for it. Appalling.

A Song For Jonny

O Jonny the power of your boot
And the accurate heart-stopping route
Of your goal as it ghosts
Through Australian posts
Is a triumph we gladly salute.

O Martin the height of your leap
And the gritty possession you keep
Of the slippery ball
In the ruck and the maul
Is enough to make patriots weep.

O Jason the speed of your feet
And their side-stepping hop- scotching beat
As you touch down and score
While the terraces roar
Is the thing that makes chariots sweet.

O forwards and backs you have all
Shown us wonderful ways to walk tall
And together with Clive
You will help us survive
Our losses with other-shaped balls.

 posted by Simon on 03.16.04 at 04:19 PM in the




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O Jason the speed of your feet And their side-stepping hop- scotching beat
Excerpt: Do you get the impression Britain's poet laureate isn't taking his job seriously?...
Weblog: The Road to Surfdom
Tracked: March 19, 2004 10:17 PM

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Excerpt: You would think that the Poet Laureate of England, given three months to produce an ode to the British victory in the Rugby World Cup, ought to be able to whip up some stirring celebratory verse. But you'd be wrong.
Weblog: apostropher
Tracked: March 23, 2004 01:21 AM


Comments:

it is a bit feeble, but at least he had a victory to write about, unlike some countries... how's the cricket going today by the way?

 posted by: giles on 03.16.04 at 04:34 PM [permalink]

very well actually...we have already bowled one of them out!!!

 posted by: CF on 03.16.04 at 05:06 PM [permalink]

It should not only be made fun of because that little ditty took 3 months to write, but it should be scalded since it inhales various donkey body parts it is so bad (I have thoughtfully chosen to not swear on your site, Simon.)

I see that they will be taken Poet Laureate applications from grown-ups soon, then.

 posted by: Helen on 03.16.04 at 06:58 PM [permalink]

So what does Poet Laureate pay, anyway? And where do I send my application?

 posted by: Pixy Misa on 03.16.04 at 10:51 PM [permalink]




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