NY Times · Sep 19, 2015
This Rugby Player Creates Rhymes and Rhythm
Photo Mike Petri, a scrum-half, practicing with his Eagles teammates as the United States prepared for its Rugby World Cup opener Sunday. Credit Luke Wolagiewicz for The New York Times BRIGHTON AND HOVE, England — Just before Thanksgiving in 2013, Mike Petri and his wife, Lauren, were browsing in a bookstore in Bethlehem, Pa. Lauren was due to give birth to the couple’s first child in a few weeks, and so the couple were looking to fill out their collection of children’s books. They grabbed plenty of standards — “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” some Dr. Seuss titles — but Petri was looking for something specific.