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Over 100 haiku sent to Wimbledon Poet

Wimbledon Championships Poet - Matt Harvey - celebrated the longest recorded tennis match in the shortest poetic form and invited others to do the same. Matt received over 100 haiku following the match between Isner and Mahut. We’ve included some of our favourites below. To enjoy the rest follow Matt on twitter @wimbledonpoet

You can also enjoy Matt’s daily poems (audio & text) at:
The Poetry Trust  and Official Wimbledon website

Haiku….....

high performance play
all day and still no climax
it’s tantric tennis
Matt Harvey

stuck in the day’s heat
with the same noisy stranger
summer in London

Isner and Mahut
two tremendous warriors
only one pee break

giant of a man
wins a giant of a match
against giant homme

sun sets yet again
scoreboard breaks, keep score on skin
run out of flesh fast

a winner prevails today
stellar play by two
a racquet, a court, a dream

two Men, one on one
hot grass in the summer sun
night falls in Paris