Carol Don Ercolano’s NZ cricket poem

The following cricket-related poem appeared in Valley Micropress (January/February 2011), edited by Tony Chad:

CAROL DON ERCOLANO

Summer Distraction

Somehow, between the cricket and tennis

I clean the house

feed the fowls

walk the dog

cook the meals

Always eager to return to the screen

I hang the wash

pull some weeds

race to the shops

paint some planks

Back in my chair I’m captured again

by the racket and bat

the roar of the crowd

the dramas unfolding

the joy and despair

Hypnotised

by youthful grace

athletic strength

and the flashing white

and yellow balls

Poem © Carol Don Ercolano 2011

(First published in Valley Micropress ed. Tony Chad, Vol. 14, Issue 1, January/February 2011)

Carol is an ex teacher, engraver and business woman. Now enjoying retirement with her husband, Keith, she has more time for her garden, animals, art, music and writing. She is a founding member of a Nelson writing group “The Boulder Writers”  and has had many poems published in magazines and anthologies, including Poetry Pudding, poems for Kiwi kids, edited by Jenny Argante, published by Reed 2007.

Thanks Tony and Carol for permission to use.