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"Prolific ! A Homage To King Viv" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 12/11/2005

Isaac ... Vivian ...
Alexander Richards ... !!!

 
A Man Who Played ...
The Game of ... Cricket ...  
 
A ... RUN MACHINE ...
Who Was ... " PROLIFIC " ... !!!
 
He Played The Game ...
Despite of ... Critics ...
In A Way That Was TERRIFIC ... !!!!!
 
His PRESENCE On The Field ...
Made Great Ones ... KNEEL ... !!!
 
His Game Was Something ...
Made of ... STEEL ... !!!
And Fed Watchers A TASTY Meal ... !!!
 
From One Day Games ...
Where Bowlers FEARED ...
To HEAR His Name ... !!!  
 
To ... Test Matches ...
Where NOTHING Changed ... !!!
 
His Bat SCORCHED Teams ... !!!
And BURNED UP Seams ... !!!
 
He Made The Game ...
A Visual ... " DREAM " ... !!!!!
 
... " Smokin' Joe " ...
Was His Nickname ...
 
Because of His Way ...
And ... Body Frame ... !!!
 
He Walked To The Crease ...
With DETERMINED Ease ... !!!
And Very RARELY Failed To Please ... !!!
 
And Brought Pride To ...
The ... WEST INDIES ... !!!!!

 
Coconut Trees And Carib' Trees ...
SURROUNDED Him ...
While He Would FEED ...
On ... BOUNDARIES ...
Between Lunch And Tea ... !!!
 
He Batted With An ARMOURY ...
of Stroke Play Used To ENTERTAIN ... !!!
 
PEERS of His Would Say The Same ... !!!
EVEN If He Brought Them PAIN ... !!!
By Taking Guard And DEADLY Aim ... !!!!
With His BAT And His RED CAP ... !!!!
 
NO HELMETS Worn And That's A FACT ... !!!
He Could Adapt To ... ANY TRACK ... !!!  
 
And Would Proceed ...
To Stroke And WHACK ... !!!!!
 
ANY Ball Into The Gap ...  
And Then You'd Hear A MIGHTY SLAP ...
As Cricket Balls HIT Boundary Boards ... !!!!!
 
Like ANYONE He Had His Faults ... !!!
 
But TRUST In THIS ...
His Faults ... Ignored ... !!!
 
He Was A Batsmen BUILT To Score ...
Runs GALORE At MANY Grounds ... !!!
Including ... " LORDS " ... !!!
 
Where Members There ...
... HAD TO APPLAUD ... !!!!
 
And Watch His MASTERY ...
........ " In AWE " ...... ?!!!!?
 
HIS Like Was NEVER Seen Before ... !!!
 
His ... SELF BELIEF ...
Was ALLIED To PURE Quality ... !!!!
 
And Was A Batsmen MOST Adored ... !!!
 
Four After FOUR Six After SIX ...  
His Leg Side Flick Was Such A GIFT ...  
It Made Bowlers Place Hands ON HIPS ...  
And RECOGNISE The ... " GREAT King Viv " ... !!!!!
 
When I Was A Kid ...
I Was FORTUNATE ...
To Get A Chance ...
To Bowl To Him ... !!!!!!
 
For A TV Show ...
With ... Johnny Ball ...
 
It NEVER Aired ...  
You Know How It Goes ... !!!
BUT I Have Got The Pictures Though ... !!!
 
So Here's A Story To Give You PROOF ...
That King Richards With BAT In Hand ...
Was Simply THIS ... A DANGEROUS Man ... !!!!!
 
.... Picture THIS ....  
The Cameraman Was Filming US ...
As We Bowled To This GREAT MAN ... !!!
 
Viv HIT One Ball ...
Then We Heard ... SMACK ... !!!!!
 
The Cameraman Simply FELL FLAT ... !!!!!
The Ball Had HIT HIM In His BACK ... !!!!!!!
 
He Soon GOT UP And We Relaxed ... !!!
But THAT Just Shows That Richards' BLOWS ...
Were THUNDEROUS And That's A FACT ... !!!!!
 
His PRIDE and LOVE In Being BLACK ...
INSPIRED Me ... To Try To Be ...
 
..... " A Cricketer " ...... !!!
 
But Poetry Is NOW My Ticket ...
And Brings Me BACK To ...
 
VIV ... And Cricket ... !!!!!
 
Because ...
Vivian Richards Batting HEIGHTS ... !!!!!
And The VOLUMES I Now Write ...  
 
DEFINE Such Words As INFINITE ... !!!!!
And YES ONE MORE ...
 
THIS One ... PROLIFIC ... !!!

And Ends My Homage ...
To The ... GREAT KING VIV ... !!!
Written by BigVirge (Big Virge)
Published
Author's Note
ONLY For Those who appreciate Cricket !

Boring for most, but a game for the thinking man, and this poem is inspired by my Favourite Player of ALL TIME !
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