Football Poets

England 0 – 0 Slovakia

Half time:
and the web wobbles, as hits bombard ‘thesaurus’
with the word ‘frustration’ the ‘mot juste’

to the chagrin of the stoic fans
there’s little to cheer
but they hear
of the Red […]

Phew!
Last minute reprieve
So now we can still believe;
The Welsh Dragon slain
We put down Gawain
Not convincingly, but tis done
And ‘twas more arduous, than fun
But we should advance
To the next round and p […]

Bike or run?
My inner voice
says easy choice
as to the more fun!

And in the ‘licious sun
the 2 wheels option
pushes my pedals;
there are no medals, for torture, but
the haranguing of a heinous hamstring
and t […]

The resurrected Red Dragon
breathed fire all across
the Gallic landscape;
the 3 Lions thought they had a tasty meal
of Russian bear
until Ursis clawed back
to equal footing;
they all fight to live another […]

Les Blues
have Le Prem
to thank!
A great big “Merci!”
for bringing Payet up a notch or two
so now they’re likely to go through?

Then let me be the first
to burst
forth with the corniest rhyme:
France
to advance

So who will be victorious?
Who will take the spoils?
Will it be some artisans
Or will it be the team that toils?

Who will be the superstar?
The one who has us all-a-twitter?
Will it be one of our own?
Or someone […]

so this is THE one, the ONLY one
that transcends
any talk of Pele, Maradonna, Messi
or even Puskas, Best, Cryuff

for this man was self styled
self monikered
and yet, just so goddamned right

The Louisville Lip, R.I.P.

Claudio is the great friend to Hero
(in Much Ado About Nothing)
but to us
we must create a fuss
for he is undoubtedly, our Hero
taking us from zero, to conquerors
with his amusing ways
and a team that plays
with […]

Jesus said
bring me your dead
your blind
your wounded
he turned water into wine
and the lame woman –
he blessed her…

Claudio,
he said only
bring me those
who might otherwise fester

there is no sleep tonight
for giddiness comes
with a full lantern’d light
bringing rays of sunshine
into every nook and cranny
of our musty minds
shedding light into
cupboards and drawers
where we’d long […]

Every time I go for a walk
I dare myself
to lift one knee
higher
and then the next
higher
lengthen my stride
and repeat lift
again and again
in the vain hope
that my heel might hold
the ankle might not turn
the […]

If I were a ventriqolist….
a ventrickalisp….. a ventrickulator…. a v…
someone who could throw their voice
I’d throw mine
under a bus
over a cliff
or out of a speeding car
so as to lose it good and proper
be […]

Hubby can handle an angry press
But not a house left in a mess
Hubby can discipline anyone caught mitchin’
But he‘s a disaster in the kitchen
Hubby wants to add to the panel, a nice little mover
If only he was as […]

I looked out upon the stage
a’fore I writ upon this page
waiting for the band to show and play
audacious axemen taking to the fray!

And as much as I enjoyed this rockin’ night
the fancy set a scything strobe del […]

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Big chunky, clunky tackle
In the last minute of the game
Granite, wham it, centre back, whacks
Harder than graphite nails, rants and rails
Exhorts, his cohorts, through exhaustion
Take the caution, slow it, kill […]

He’d sniff out a goal
The way my pooch would sniff out a waylaid treat
And he’d do it in such a way
That would have everybody off their seat

In passages of play, he’d wander
And then as if by magic, he’d pounce […]

“Nah
Duh!
Don’t want to!
Don’t like it!
What do you care?
Why should I?
What the heck?”

Soon it’ll be “arse, drink, fe@k!”
What bothers me, is the waste of talent in a child
When you want them to be wild
They […]

Jilted and kilted and blowing into a cephelopod’s bum
The lonesome piper stood his ground
Oh how the sound
Squeels with every squeeze

He’s there, silhoutted twixt the blue neon hoops
Of a sloping sloop of a post […]

Simply great coaching.
Done how?
Howe Don done it.