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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 1 month ago
If I can’t find words
or if they are halted by a synaptic lock keeper,
tyrannical yet wise, holding up a hand
to delay the latest craft, whatever its design,
I return to a trusted question,
my favourite f […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 9 months ago
Once we played on a cinder pitch,
a lava flow field with bubble cavities
on a flattened out Mount St. Helens
of ashes and agglomerates.Which flow event formed the fine ash
from fire fountain magma […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 3 years, 11 months ago
Drink was flowing by the River Ember
under placid skies above Island Barn Reservoir
where The Bell was surrounded by Alsatians
scattered on burnt grass in black and umber,
fresh from the water to kettle their […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 5 months ago
The general synopsis at dusk:
land around the coastal weather station
has been requisitioned for table football.A huge tournament by the College of Agriculture’s
inshore waters gathers all the […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 4 years, 10 months ago
As when the present is slightly off –
Bourneville, Perrier, a Foster’s crate
for the beachfront whiteout game –we’re back again for testing and a psychometric probe
at just the time we had unwound, […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years ago
When your plans are stationary
like a boat tied up at the dock
inexorably, you just can’t get going
without buttering up the ref’by learning about his name, his family,
his route convoluted by […] -
Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 2 months ago
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Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 2 months ago
I’m somewhat envious that you have this ahead of you! Crispin made my son’s first game special beyond compare when he arranged for the Forest Green Rovers stadium announcer to welcome him to the New Lawn at half […]
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Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 2 months ago
I’m 110% with you on this. Spot on.
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 3 months ago
Support your skeleton going forward
or embrace its weakness. I can’t do it for you.
It depends on what your long term goals are –
where you see yourself in five years’ time.The important thing is to eat eve […]
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 5 months ago
As Welcome as the sight of allotment smoke in December,
a quiet bonfire in the winter stillness,
are the compressed distances of Sports Report,
fingers hardened in the dusk after hours
of working the ground, […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 5 months ago
One day from under these floodlights
the sun will rise in early spring,
set like the memories you’ve left
in gathering blue over the river.An extra layer will go, light jackets
the order of the day at some […] -
Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 5 months ago
Madejski of the methane vents, hero
of South Reading hinterland wastes
made shiny and blue for out-of-town gamesat Junction 11: Madejski of the 1970’s
where the marlin fishing never ends
from South Florida […] -
Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 9 months ago
Hi Peter – to make it easier for Crispin to identify what you’re referring to, you can highlight the relevant text with your mouse and click on “Comment” or “Quote and Comment” to make the comment more specific. […]
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Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 9 months ago
Crispin, to jump in and answer can you explain? I think Peter was referring to:
[The four home nations were all there
And England’s hopes soon disappeared]🙂
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 10 months ago
The lines, angles and shapes are wrong. Which
algal bloom will form when the ground has gone –
sunk or deserted – while for now Peru find time
left them, talent still potent, reminiscing
about far post […] -
Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 5 years, 10 months ago
At this stage, all we have is hope. Dammit.
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 5 years, 10 months ago
Somewhere beyond the wastes of Nizhny Novgorod
in enveloping white, the farthest reaches of night,
a train rattles on through heights and depths
with passengers lost to perspective journeying
through life to […] -
Christian Wach commented on a poem on Football Poets 6 years ago
This poem made me smile.
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Alex Saynor published a poem on the site Football Poets 6 years ago
At ‘The Stadiwm Vibrant Vapours’
on that sunlit evening, corporate sponsors
lacked the power of old resonances,
the simple terms the world could afford us:
Richmond Park, rumours of Gorseinon –
leagues […] - Load More
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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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