Wimbledon's "Championships Poet"
Leave it to Wimbledon to anoint an "Official Poet" for The Championships. Matt Harvey, who is serving as the first "Official Poet" is writing a poem a day about The Championships. Harvey, who is a well-known comedian and poet in England and appears regularly on radio
shows, will have a chance to put yet another spin on the events of the day, albeit quite different from the legendary British tabloids. According to The All England Club, Harvey’s poems will interpret and address everything from “umpires and racket stringers to the ball boys and ball girls; from the grass and its bounce to rain and the roof; strawberries and cream and all the unfolding drama of the matches and players.” Hopefully, the poems will also touch on the tennis being played!
Honor Godfrey, the curator of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, suggested the idea of an official Championships Poet. Prior to The Championships, Harvey wrote a poem called the “Grandest of Slams” which was available on The Poetry Trust, which is a British organization with whom The All England Club is coordinating its first foray into poetry. Tennis fans are able to read Harvey's Wimbledon poems on the Wimblewords blog Wimbledon website.
Honor Godfrey, the curator of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, suggested the idea of an official Championships Poet. Prior to The Championships, Harvey wrote a poem called the “Grandest of Slams” which was available on The Poetry Trust, which is a British organization with whom The All England Club is coordinating its first foray into poetry. Tennis fans are able to read Harvey's Wimbledon poems on the Wimblewords blog Wimbledon website.
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