Friends at PoetBay...I thought you all might enjoy reading this...
It was Dons, my English 'toonist buddy, attempt, after he read my poem
"Cricket" to explain the game to me...In a way it's poetry....kind of

Stan


Don Hunts reaction to my poem "Cricket"

To put you on the right track I will explain cricket for your edification:-

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!-

Come to think of it it's a bit like baseball.




Poetry by Stan Cooper The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2009-08-24 at 01:25

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Marie Cadavieco The PoetBay support member heart!
Unless, of course, rain stops play, and then it's a draw....I think....
2009-09-23


shells
This really made me smile it's so ridiculously true! Hats off to Don, loving your toons too.
2009-08-25


NicholasG
A good match of roller derby perhaps? With some Darjeeling perhaps?
Ahhhh!! Exquisite!
:-)
2009-08-24


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
To edefy you all the more ,Stan: A buler who has no runs scorde of his bowling , buls a maden over , tho no maiden is envolved , batsman who is out for no runs scorde , scors a duck , if he or she dus not score in a secon innings , scors a paire of ducks , a feilder who is close to the bstsman , is calde a silly mid on , anouther fildeing postion is calded squear leg , the referes are cald umpiers who give the finger to the bastsman who is out , baulde or court unles he stands with hislegs couvering his wicket , he is out so gets the finger. So being given the finger is also a British invention, or creation . A game can last almost a week , with no winre at the end of the week , then it's a draw . Now thires one day cricket and 20/20 , but thats a whole new ball game! LOL.
I trust that helps you understand , Stan!
Ken ( D Williams )
2009-08-24


melanie sue
You and Don are so humorous. You made my day today with this hilarious writ of wit. ~hugs
2009-08-24