{"id":1679,"date":"2012-03-26T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2013-12-13T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:59:21","slug":"mcnair-to-hall-august-30-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/mcnair-to-hall-august-30-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"McNair to Hall: August 30, 1980 (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background: white; float: left;\"><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, August 30, 1980, Page 1.  Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire.\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/McNair-Hall-19800830-001-1-unh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid gray; background: white;\" alt=\"McNair-to-Hall-08-30-1980\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/McNair-Hall-19800830-001-1-unh.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><a class=\"shutterset\" title=\"Letter from McNair to Hall, August 30, 1980, Page 2.  Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire.\" href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/McNair-Hall-19800830-002-1-unh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2078 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none; background: white; display: none;\" alt=\"McNair-to-Hall-08-30-1980\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-mcnair\/files\/2012\/01\/McNair-Hall-19800830-002-1-unh.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[Click image to view]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background: white; padding-left: 30px;\">August 30, 1980<\/p>\n<p>Dear Don,<\/p>\n<p>I am worried about the enclosed poem.<br \/>\nWill you please tell me if it is any good?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nWes<\/p>\n<p>THE RETARDED CHILDREN PLAY BASEBALL<\/p>\n<p>The girl with mild eyes stands<br \/>\nwith both feet on first base,<br \/>\nand the shortstop smiles at nothing<br \/>\nhe can remember exactly.<br \/>\nNow the soft-faced boy on second<br \/>\nraises his hands, making the precise shape<br \/>\nof a ball. The ball<br \/>\nis already over the outfield.<br \/>\nSome are watching it fall,<br \/>\nan outfielder, the astonished batter<br \/>\nbeginning to run. Slowly they see<br \/>\nit is time to wave their arms<br \/>\nand let their voices go. Slowly, joyfully,<br \/>\nthe fielders are hurling their gloves,<br \/>\nand the batters are jumping<br \/>\nhigher and higher in this moment<br \/>\nfor which they have come,<br \/>\nthis forgetting so complete<br \/>\nthey do not know why they are shouting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><strong>A note from McNair about this letter:<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>In the title of this draft of the baseball poem I return to my original inspiration, which was a caution sign in my neighborhood of North Sutton that said, \u201cSLOW Children Playing,\u201d leading me to imagine the poem&#8217;s scene.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1679\" data-postid=\"1679\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1679 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Click image to view] August 30, 1980 Dear Don, I am worried about the enclosed poem. Will you please tell me if it is any good? Thanks, Wes THE RETARDED CHILDREN PLAY BASEBALL The girl with mild eyes stands with both feet on first base, and the shortstop smiles at nothing he can remember exactly. 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