tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post6671873668079896118..comments2023-10-21T21:54:39.121+13:00Comments on Tim Jones: Books in the Trees: Tuesday Poem: SwingTim Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-47769704790263057292010-09-29T01:08:51.937+13:002010-09-29T01:08:51.937+13:00Thanks, Alicia!
I listened to cricket on the radi...Thanks, Alicia!<br /><br />I listened to cricket on the radio for many years before I ever saw it live, so I suppose this seeps into what I write about it. Not long now until the new season starts!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-54328069175184630522010-09-28T22:53:05.016+13:002010-09-28T22:53:05.016+13:00Awesome Tim, bit of a cricket fan and couldn't...Awesome Tim, bit of a cricket fan and couldn't help but think this also managed to capture a little styalistic hint of radio commentary.AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-29374241622439643142010-09-28T12:17:16.617+13:002010-09-28T12:17:16.617+13:00Thanks, Helen. I too am a devotee of the five-day ...Thanks, Helen. I too am a devotee of the five-day game, and of the radio commentary. (Though I like Twenty20 as well - it's the fifty-over format that tends to leave me cold.)<br /><br />Also, I live within walking distance of the Basin Reserve, and have been known to take a pile of manuscript pages there with me for an afternoon's editing and cricket-watching. How fortunate I am that the wind never attempts to blow those manuscript pages out of my hands!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-84571199865990540442010-09-28T10:04:39.137+13:002010-09-28T10:04:39.137+13:00As one who both spent a childhood playing cricket ...As one who both spent a childhood playing cricket with my brothers and still enjoys listening to the "textured tedium of the 5 day game" (on the radio--the only true way!)--great poem!Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-60999427642710686412010-09-28T09:31:01.313+13:002010-09-28T09:31:01.313+13:00Thanks, Maggie and Susan.
Maggie, I didn't ha...Thanks, Maggie and Susan.<br /><br />Maggie, I didn't have enough control over whether either my feet or the ball were going to be a good candidate for "spot fixing" - I could never have guaranteed that any particular ball would or would not have been a no-ball.Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-72747852597139356532010-09-28T09:14:37.237+13:002010-09-28T09:14:37.237+13:00terrific, tim. i love the urgency conveyed by the ...terrific, tim. i love the urgency conveyed by the "voice"...susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3264914780516321436.post-68211211125173013522010-09-28T07:57:19.291+13:002010-09-28T07:57:19.291+13:00So, thankfully Tim, the "I" in your poem...So, thankfully Tim, the "I" in your poem is not an underarm bowler nor a match fixer. Lovely poem about cricket, thank you.maggie@at-the-bay.comnoreply@blogger.com