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SPORTING LIFE

An interest in sport ( and in younger days participation) is another part of my life alongside poetry .

This short series combines the two.It commences with Kobe Bryant's  'Dear Basketball'

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eKL8UAX0UGA

 

 my last sport as a participant ,riding.

Here is a poetic clip thereon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNuTOKl8vU

The penultimate ekphrasis in this short series is from Michael Longley and his poem on Lowry''s painting Man  lying on a Wall at this link 

https://sites.google.com/site/manlyingonawall

and recited clip thereof at

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9x36bOoYxgA

Since a very young child AssocIation Football(soccer) has been at the forefront of my sporting pastimes as this poetic clip indicates 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KxW69EMN-T0

and this you tube poetic clip explains  this particular sporting dream of what once was the 'beautiful game'

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A9bexIfZbRs

Before my interest in poetry,I recall perhaps the most well remembered,(or at least the most well known) were the  interview poetic clips of the boxing legend Ali

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_ZPwes9EQ?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J50UFKM-wg4

This third in my series features a couple of poetic clips about golf which featured in my sporting life..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=5s&v=CChYRdSJBwk

And..in similar vein

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur4Y9CQT6fM

Cricket was a very early passion which I played until my early forties,and which is still my ' first ' sport ,here is youtube poetic clip thereon

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bMl328Ujw