Following You…..Poems On & For Fans Everywhere Wanted?
WANTED! Loyal Fan Poems,, of Team or Game
And how was the season for you?..
Do let us know..in your own space and rhyme of course..?)
.meanwhile a couple of new sloshy fan poems here…
and it’s good to be back on Planet Football’s Earth ..
and still be fluffy!
as ever ..from the heart…
Crispin
On Loyal Fans At Season’s End…
And who can hide this loyalty
though be it team or game
or comouflage this nervousness
pray do not feel ashamed
for you who still feel tingles
each Saturday at three
where’ere you are …right there or far
they call it loyalty
adjusting always – god -forbid
when kicking in at noon
or eight some manic Monday
as though upon the moon
then if you feel for team or game
through seasons dark and light
what thoughts to share before this ends
emotions through the fight
before it changes once again
as seasons have to do
and all becomes the past – but lasts
within the heart of you..
Crispin Thomas April 03
Following You…
I still can feel the passion
these muscles ache and tense
and who would dream
this love would last
long after innocence
to spend a childhood chasing
to travel everywhere
from East and West
and North to South
to stand beside you there
in wind and rain and hail and snow
to sit with head in heart
and all the time the longing grows
to always be a part
and if a thousand miles away
still tied like poets to rhyme
transported on the airwaves
a moment shared in time
a part of this great journey
a part of this great game
to follow you – what’ere you do
forever – now – the same
this love – this love
this football love
unfaltered – ever true
such worlds apart – but one in heart
to follow through and through
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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.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
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kevin halls
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Latest Comments
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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8th January 2024 at 10:42 am
There’s something so evocative and nostalgic for football fans the world over, in ‘revisiting’ old lost grounds.
Occasionally some remnants remain, with perhaps part of a wall or part or a stand or thre shape of a terrace, but often they are only still there in faded images and in our heads..
Great stuff Graham
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4th January 2024 at 10:13 am
A great idea and well executed. Thanks Graham.
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