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  2. Cricket poetry - Wikipedia

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    G. D. Martineau's The field is full of shades [4] Eric Midwinter's history of Lancashire cricket Red roses crest the caps [5] R. H. Young's Field Full of Shades. A personal history of Claverham Cricket Club. The first stanza is also quoted in full by Count Bronowsky in Paul Scott's Raj Quartet novel The Day of the Scorpion.

  3. Casey at the Bat - Wikipedia

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    It also includes a "Poetry Round Robin" where famous poems are rewritten in the style of the next poet in line, featured Casey at the Bat as written by Edgar Allan Poe. Sportswriter Leonard Koppett claimed in a 1979 tongue-in-cheek article that the published poem omits 18 lines penned by Thayer, which changed the overall theme of the poem ...

  4. Invictus - Wikipedia

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    Latin for "unconquered", [6] the poem "Invictus" is a deeply descriptive and motivational work filled with vivid imagery. With four stanzas and sixteen lines, each containing eight syllables, the poem has a rather uncomplicated structure. [7]

  5. Mary Oliver - Wikipedia

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    Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.

  6. Berton Braley - Wikipedia

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    Braley was a prolific author of poems, prose, plays, and humorous non-fiction articles Sonnets of a Freshman (1904). Illustrated by C. R. Freeman. Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Journal. The Oracle on Smoke: being a few utterances in a simple and not at all delphic style, with certain so-called poems there among scattered (1905). Madison, WI: The ...

  7. The inspirational story of Peter Dawkins: From Heisman ... - AOL

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    In 1958, Peter Dawkins was the Heisman winner. But the road to the highest honor in football was a battle, to say the least. At age 11, Dawkins was diagnosed with polio, a disease that affects the ...

  8. William Ernest Henley - Wikipedia

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    William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was a British poet, writer, critic and editor. Though he wrote several books of poetry, Henley is remembered most often for his 1875 poem "Invictus".

  9. Bruce Dawe - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, Dawe completed his adult matriculation by part-time study. In 1954, he enrolled at Melbourne University on a teaching scholarship. However, at the end of 1954, he moved to Sydney , working as a labourer in a glass factory and later in a factory manufacturing batteries.