If It’s August it Must Be Football Love Poetry Month…
To celebrate the forthcoming new Out To Lunch With Crispin Live
album..The Power of Fluff…two football love poems..for August….
you are like football
you are like football the grace and thrill
you are excitement a beach in Brazil
you are a stadium theatre of light
you are a temple brilliant as night
and you are like football
the way you endure
like flowers in deserts
where rain falls no more
you are a dream team here in my side
bursting with passion and flowing with pride
you are like longing a fan and a friend
you are an artist a song without end
you are a poem a page without lines
you are a dancer in games without time
out on the surface asleep in my bed
you are a football that spins in my head
and you are the final the ultimate sound
a roar or a hush that descends on the ground
you are a heartbeat when time won’t standstill
you are a shoot-out where nerves threaten skill
and you are like football
the way you pass by
a second a moment
a glance or a sigh
but more than some outcome and more than the score
more than the feeling those minutes before
more than your love or your soul or your breath
more than this question of life and of death
here at your feet keep me ever entwined
for you are like football forever thorough time
© crispin 02 – for jennie
you are like football was finally completed this long delayed daft and definitely fluffy poem on receiving requests for football love poems from the British Council- and i guess i wroe it mainly for all long-suffering partners and other halves of long-suffering fans…for football widows and football “lovers and partners” everywhere..but especially for jennie..
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this love
this love this love this dream we share
this song i sing this shirt i wear
this game we play these plans we make
this field we plough this chance we take
this aching heart these words i shout
this longing deep within without
the fleeting highs the lowest lows
the way that glory comes and goes
this hanging on this far off goal
this love i feel within my soul
this helplessness when we’re apart
the way you play within my heart
the way we are a living team
who ebb and flow as would a stream
who share these feelings openly
whatever end our fate might be
this love this love this sweet addiction
this bond of hope and contradiciton
this keeping faith when chances fade
in spite of all these games we played
the way we stay upon your side
in fog and snow we tried and tried
to lift you up away or home
to rise above this danger zone
this blinding faith in only you
that clouds my thoughts and all i do
those times away the sleepless nights
this battle long this endless fight
this mighty trust that will not stray
that holds my breath until the day
this promise made this badge i wear
this torch i carry everywhere
this waiting for a tiny sign
that might cement this love divine
remember us in rain and sun
for we are many you are one
© crispin thomas – march 01
A nod to FAN-atical supporters, lovers and teamaholics…composed upon hearing a Radio 5 piece on ‘football-fan’ research carried out at Bristol Uni. Apparently an incredibly high percentage of fans- IN A FIRE- would save their football-programmes first…above all else..think about it?
First appeared on www.footballpoets.org March 01
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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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8th January 2024 at 4:45 pm
Thanks!
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