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Poetry in motion
"The Pitcher" by Robert Francis
His art is eccentricity, his aim
How not to hit the mark he seems to aim at,
His passion how to avoid the obvious,
His technique how to vary the avoidance.
The others throw to be comprehended. He
Throws to be a moment misunderstood.
Yet not too much. Not errant, arrant, wild,
But every seeming aberration willed.
Not to, yet still, still to communicate
Making the batter understand too late.
By the way, am I the only one who gets annoyed by what seems to be the lack of control we have with Blog-City on the spacing of lines? Poetry just looks awful and I can't seem to make it look right. Anyone know a better way to do it?
I think if you hold down the shift key when you hit enter, you should be
able to single-space.
I'm taking a poetry workshop/class/thingy (as you can see, word-choice is
my forte!) and we have to recite a few lines of a poem every class and I
keep finding new, interesting ones on your blog. You make a difference. :)
Manually take out one of the < p >s. Or is it one of the < /p
>? Anyway, try taking out one of them and see if it helps. I've had the
same problem.
Liked the poem, Don't like the Tiger's. They knocked out my Twins that
worked so hard to get to the playoffs!
Well, I was a *little* unhappy about the lack of balance between the
Tigers, who will be either stale or rested, finishing so early, and the
winner of the NLCS who will be either worn or filled with the big MO'.
There is no doubt that rested pitching arms is an advantage, so I have to
give the Tigers the edge going into the series, regardless of who they
play. It must seem like an eternity of waiting to them though.