(Just enjoyed Kate Rusby's My Music on Ch5, and the village cricket and concert reminded me of this; plus, it is Sunday, today...)

Poem 115 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: SUNDAY CRICKET AND BERRIES - SUMMER 2000

From a bus - ninety-eight,
    Bury to Manchester -
I got off at the gate
    Of Hamilton Road Park,
Where in situ I ate
    Several blackberries
(The taste too good to wait),
    Before making my way
To a further park-gate,
    From where briefly I watched
How Stand's cricketers rate.

(C) David Franks 2003