• Come on England
    Doctor Frocester went to Gloucester All in a shower of rain, He stepped in a puddle Right up to his middle And never went there again; So he wouldn’t know about All the ways in which we shout “Come on England!” So, listen and give a big hand To Albanian, Arabic and Cantonese, Bangla, Creole […]
  • Swapping Shirts with Shakespeare
    See the humble peasant and honest tiller of the soil Wander penniless in search of fields to plough, Turfed out by sheep and landlord’s all enclosing greed; See the lowly soldiers put out to seed by their knights, Their livery no longer a rule writ large, Instead, a symbol of redundancy. See the rumpscuttles and […]
  • Freedom Of Movement
    It was a cold clear frosty day early in the year, When team and ref and crowd alike all stared into the air, As sunlight caught the jumbo jet coming into land, Both untroubled goalkeepers blew on freezing hands, Spectators clapped to find some warmth with sun descending fast, While in the jumbo luggage hold, […]
  • The Results – for Refugee Week
    Quotas won’t bring natural justice, Ethics transcend Economics.
  • World Refugee Week
    Oi Ref, Give these refugees a refuge. And don’t spit out the word “refugee” Like it’s a swear word or an expletive; Remember where the word comes from, From the word, “refuge”, A soft and welcoming word, Like haven or sanctuary. And don’t prefix “asylum-seekers” With the word “bogus”, Instead help those who want sanctuary […]