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It is with great regret that all of us have seen the end of the regular cricket season.
Often the final nail of a cricket season is hit into the coffin when you start seeing young children kicking the footballs around rather than practicing their bowling ‘windmill’ or wielding the willow.
For those of us keen enough, and either cashed up enough to afford Foxtel, or lucky enough to have a strong internet connection, the IPL and various other tournaments can keep cricket fever ticking over into the next season.
For the rest of us, we just reminisce about past series, and look forward to the matches on the radar in the foreseeable future. Cricket World Cup 2015 anyone?
With this in mind, and with the dearth of cricket articles on here in comparison to the heart of the season, I propose a competition.
A challenge, a dare, a throwing down of the gauntlet – to see who can compose the best cricket poem.
Yes, I know, we could do something more manly, more territorial, or maybe just something easier.
But there it is. The rules are thus:
1. The poem must be cricket related
2. The poem must be your own original work (no, you can’t just google Paul Kelly cricket)
3. Poems can be serious or humorous
4. Your poem can be of any style – limerick, haiku, free prose etc.
If nothing else we’ll get an education on poetry, and also determine who here has too much time on their hands to attempt this.
The winner, the conqueror, the vanquisher will hold the title forever (or at least until next season) of, get ready for it … “The Roariest Cricket Poet Ever”.
Hey, I never said I could come up with fancy names. The winner is the person with the most +1s, which signals that someone has liked their poem.
Good luck Roarers and don’t forget to let us know about the poems you enjoy!
I’m happy to get the ball rolling:
Thoughtful bowlers, tension high, crowds on edge,
Shots around the ground, patience and the occasional sledge,
Slowly unfurling like a great game of chess,
It’s little wonder that Test cricket is best.
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