Alex Saynor
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years ago
It’s the FA People’s Cup,
but who can understand
this affliction in the sun?Fair weather to me is a bitter breeze,
high winds and a heavy squall,
ice patches on fourth generation
artificial surfaces, […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 2 months ago
Watching the sky change from Petticoat Tower,
on the top floor a widower
scans the gold of morning, hassle of twilight,
glimpses the holy land as old animosities
settle over gin and lemonade
with the old boy […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 7 years, 8 months ago
A trophy haul to rival Ferguson’s,
but new seasons don’t feel so new any more.
An imaginary game in the village of Solva,a training camp in the Austrian Alps,
immaculate pitches, mountains
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Alex Saynor changed their profile picture 7 years, 8 months ago
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Alex Saynor changed their profile picture 7 years, 8 months ago
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Alex Saynor changed their profile picture 7 years, 8 months ago
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 1 month ago
A tea cosy hat –
the strange shape of loyalty.The Hammersmith and Fulham crest
says ‘I stood among terrace weeds.’Long distance coaches
crawled north for bitter days
on broken trajectories.The tracksuits […]
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 1 month ago
Clouds were grey and yellow above waves
below verandahs where Magpies thronged
en route to Thursday in Bordeauxfrom south coast weather, a Portsmouth low,
to a liner’s isolated corners,
transitory bars, sea […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
No bitterness in the lemon
No sweetness to the lime
No liquid in the bladder
No water into wineNo nonsense in the bitter
No suspension on appeal
No magic in the mushrooms
No Carrick in midfieldNo bonfire of […]
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
He plays in the middle
like it’s June on the reef
with a touch as light as lemon drizzle,
feet which glide upon a thermal
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 4 months ago
Managers go. Migrate with phantoms
of the present on staircases in frames.
Who stops on the turn and sees the lifting?
Silverware and crow’s feet.People come and go. Hotel rooms,
breakfast, silence in the […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 5 months ago
I can’t remember if around this pitch
kite feathers drift across the scrubland,
but two men with an Alsatian
walk the perimeter, searching.It isn’t safe for children, this public facility,
with ‘Danger of […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 8 months ago
Within the East Stand’s intemperate tropics,
beneath those apocryphal prawns,
life is measured by flat perspectives.Managers, akin to former prime ministers
pacing Fife platforms with friendly fire
and oblique […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 10 months ago
Closed books. We simply couldn’t read them.
Open training sessions traced a line of logic
across our columns. It was errant. Non-existent.The real plan was made behind the double doors
behind the double doors […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 10 months ago
A tour of east coast marine
towns and villages,
flat Lincolnshire fields
and The Wash yields
easily-reached-for names:
Mariners, Pilgrims, odd
ways round to Southwold,
grammatically shot to bits
by Ipswich, […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 10 months ago
No fences are broken here
where none exist
in a suburb of Copenhagen
where Astro-turfs open to everyone.No paradise, these gardens,
and such high winds that goalposts
lifted, moved with the stones
that pelted […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 8 years, 12 months ago
Placed in the constellation Perseus,
he angles a tethered, synthetic planet
into the goal before an end of season cast
of sombrero-wearing fans: Daggers to the last.Late witnesses observe a curious phenomenon
of […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years ago
Lost, my ball in the crossflow winds.
Collapse the tactics board
now there’s only Route One.
Let’s see where it falls.Hope the van won’t topple outside
old Brentford dock, buffered
by all those tower blocks
we […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years, 1 month ago
rarely rose from their seats,
at scythings of stars didn’t flinch.
Impassive, ever-present for mid week
coach journeys to the Yorkshire coast,
losses at Scarborough and Grimsby,
reflections dark models of […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 9 years, 1 month ago
No one was there
for The Great UnveilingThe stadium was empty
save for the men
from The Eastern Dailyas X raised a scarf
to say that when Y phonedthere was no hesitation,
that he loved the fens,
the broads, […] - Load More
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Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
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26th April 2024 at 4:46 pm
Nice work, Joe. You were quick off the mark with that! Good one from Richard Williams too I see.
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25th April 2024 at 7:33 pm
Hi Denys,
Thanks mate. I’ll do it now.
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25th April 2024 at 1:56 pm
Thanks Joe,
you might like to write a poem yourself on the same subject…
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23rd April 2024 at 4:03 pm
Hi Denys
With you all the way on the abolition of FA Cup replays. What are they doing to the game?
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23rd April 2024 at 3:59 pm
Hi Crispin,
Yes sorry mate. Villa are still in Europe. Mistake rectified.
Cheers
Joe
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20th April 2024 at 12:04 pm
Hi Joe
Shouldn’t your title read your poem Farewell Europe England to everyone exccept Aston Villa ?
I know you mention them in your poem , but I do feel sorry for Villa re the national press .
Largely ignored. the hype was was all about Man City & Arsenal with a bit of a nod to the Hammers..but hardly a mention of Villa..
So well done to them
C
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19th March 2024 at 8:00 am
Hi Crispin. Chris Sutton on the radio has gone for a Chelsea v Coventry final. As we know anything can happen in the Cup, and I reckon we can go to the final.
We’re still in with a chance of the play offs too, so lots to go for.
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19th March 2024 at 7:41 am
Hey Kev
Let the masses drool over their odds on City v Unted Final, but who knows how pressure can hit.
Cov and Chels will be rightly labelled as having no chance..but hey …stranger things have happened..
so Chelsea v Coventry…that’s the Final for us!
Best
C
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29th January 2024 at 10:03 pm
Hi Crispin,
How are you doing mate? Yes, you’re probably right but hey football is all about emotion and passion and I just love writing about the game. I try to keep my poetry to a reasonable length but there’s so much to write about the game and its literature just lends itself naturally to poetry. Sometimes I just get completely carried and I do apologise for the length of my poetry but it’s a great thrill to be associated with Football Poets.
Cheers mate
Joe
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10th January 2024 at 7:52 pm
You’re right of course Joe but…..it’s actually more of a big welcome break for everyone who is not into Premier League ..I’m talking fans of EFL National League and below…..
Btw …is this actually your longest poem ever !?
Best
Crispin
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