{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-bicycles-copy","title":"Ten Poems about Cricket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of a Card \u003c\/strong\u003eby Candlestick Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the years, a lot of people (mostly men, let it be said) have asked for poems about cricket. So it is with great pleasure, and a bit of a drum-roll, that we present\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003eTen Poems about Cricket\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eselected and introduced by John Lucas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho knows a thing or two about both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his Introduction, John Lucas writes: “Ten poems about cricket? Given the number of good poets who have written about the game, to choose a mere ten is mission impossible.” Although it may indeed be “mission impossible”, he has nonetheless chosen ten superb poems to whet the appetite, including one that he describes as “quite possibly the best poem about cricket ever written”. The poems capture the game and its history, the excitement of the moment and the hinterland of reminiscence, eulogy and elegy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…the bowler six times looped a slow ball\u003cbr\u003elike a deeply considered question,\u003cbr\u003eand six times the batsman in his plum cap\u003cbr\u003eleaned very attentively and returned an answer.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Near Greenford, 1951’ by Brian Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoems by John Arlott, Adrian Buckner, Joan Downar, Philips Hodgins, Brian Jones, John Lucas, Matt Merritt, Hubert Moore, Norman Nicholson and Kit Wright. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/form\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePamphlets are supplied with an envelope for posting and a bookmark for a special message. Whether you’re choosing for a friend or for yourself, we think you’ll find you’re spoilt for choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56735166202242,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/4576\/3117\/files\/ten-poems-about-cricket-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1782480595","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-bicycles-copy","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}