An Athletics Compendium

Poetry L 223 - 236 Barakat,Richard 223 Olympiad. Dublin: Clancy, 1992. 36p; pbk ISBN; 0-9519267-0-5 BL: YK.1993.a.13357 Comprises poems: Invocation; Diskobolos; Wrestler; Foot race I; Foot race II; Archer; Fencer; Rowers; Charioteer; Equestrians; Cretan bullfight; Hurlers; Boxers; Javelin throw; Race in armor; Pentathlete; Marathon. BrowningR, obert 224Dramatic idylls, first series. London: Smith, Elder, 1879. 143p BL: 011651.e.ll2 A collection ofpoems which includes 'PheUippides', the story of the Greek runnerMoarfathon. Clare,John 225 The villageminstrel, and otherpoems / John Clare. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1821. 2 vols.; illus BL: 993.b.8 'The village minstrel', a long poem, includes a rustic sports meeting aandsmock race. Danys(pseudonyomfDavidNigelSchiff) 226 Runner's high: running and othpehrysical poems. London: Kierani, 1995. iv, 28p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9526563-0-2 Of the eighteenpoems in this collection, only one does not take athletics as its theme. The allusion to 'runner's high' is to the 'long distance runner's experience of euphoria brought onby production and release of endorphinsinside the brain'. Dunn, Douglas 111 The happier life. London: Faber Faanbder, 1972. 72p ISBN: 0-571-09931-9 BL: X.989/15217 Includes 'Runners'. Eberhart,Richard 228 Collected poems, 1930-1976: including 43 new poems. London: Chatto and Windus, 1976. xvii 364p ISBN: 0-7011-2165-3 BL: X.989/50951 Includes 'Track'. Gay, John 230 Rural sports: a poem. London: Tonson, 1913. 22p BL: 643.1.26(4) Gunn, Thorn 231 The man withnight sweats. London: Faber and Faber, 1992. 88p ISBN; 0-571-16238-X (cased) • 0-571-16257-6 (pbk) BL: YK.1994.a.5578 Includes 'Courtesies of the interregnum', about an ageing athlete. Hogg,James 232 Queen Hynde: a poem: in sibxooks. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825. 443p BL: 992.1.11 Epic poem that includes a description of a sixth century athletics contest between the Scots and their Danishinvaders. Homer 233 The Iliad andOdyssey of Homer, translated Pboype / Homer. New ed. London: C. Bathurst, 1783. 4 vols. BL; 1607/4322 Book 23 ofthe Iliad describes thfeuneral games of Petroclus andBook & of the Odysseydescribes the classical games. Housman,A. E. 234 A Shropshire lad. London: KegPanaul, 1896. vii, 96p BL:C.71.h.l9 Includes 'To an athlete dying young'. Johnson,DerekJ. N. 235 Athletics ismy joy, my one and only love, and other poems. Gravesend: The auth1o9r7,9. 4 unbound leaves BL: X.950/18400 The poet was the Olympic silvmeredallist at 8>OOmin 1956. Kingscott,K. N. 236 The athlete, andother poems K/ . N. Kingscott. Ilfracombe: Stockwell, 1968. 23p; pbk BL; X.907/17107 ¥idler,Harry 229The marathon off Dawston Green. Carlisle: Chas. Thurnam, 1913. 1 sheet BL; 1879.0.12(34) [ 173 ]