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Archive for January, 2004

Holocaust Day

Holocaust Day I was there in Auschwitz 50 years on, but I was there I smelled fresh cut grass But it was my senses, scythed I felt the screams I saw the ghosts I touched the terror I tasted the hate …. I heard the silence My emotions were in turmoil Yet they were as […]

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1 World 1 Nation 1 Country + End In Tiers + Minnows Dream + T 4 The Tinkerman

1 OneWorld One Nation Once Country..Senegal! 2.Are U Going To Scarboro’ Yeah? (It’ll End In Tiers- Part 1) 3.Where Minnows Dream….(Part 2) 4 Tea For The Tinkerman (Ranieri Stuff) 1.ONE WORLD.. ONE NATION.. ONE COUNTRY …SENEGAL!! (Ode To the African Nations Cup.2004) in Africa…wise men say – it is un-wise to choose between the might […]

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Holocaust Poems with Football links

COME ON RWANDA George Orwell thought that sports like football Were just the continuation of war by other means, And how can we forget, on Holocaust Day, The Nazi idealisation of the cult of the body, The militarisation of the masculine frame, The fetishisation of the nation-state and race: There is a direct link between […]

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Ireland to host Brazil

To celebrate Ireland playing hosts to Brazil in a friendly fixture on wednesday February 18th, here are 2 related poems for the price of one. Now, if only I could get even one ticket! Samba soccer by the Liffey The tall young lad, in eye catching top Stepped onto the busy train, on a dull […]

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Team Effort : The Big Read : fun with puns

The Big Read : fun with puns Footballers poll. Reading. Books. Titles. Shortlisted : ~ i ~ Jane Ayr Gone With The Wyn Davies Watch 22 Sons and Rovers The Chelseakers Art o’missed Foul Hornblower and the Tottenham Hotspur Sun Jihai Also Rises Steve Death in the Afternoon Rosenthal and Joey Jones (stern) are Red […]

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Are U Going To Scarboro’ Yeah? (It’ll End In Tiers – Pt 2) Where Minnows Dream (Pt 1)+Tea For The Tinkerman

1.Are U Going To Scarboro’ Yeah? (It’ll End In Tiers- Part 1) 2.Where Minnows Dream….(Part 2) 3 Tea For The Tinkerman (Ranieri Stuff) 4.Fuse Box 3…….(Online Classic Stuff) ——————————————————————- 1.Are U Going To Scarboro’ Yeah? (It’ll End In Tiers) (Minnow Dream Part 2) So are you going to Scarborough yeah? Wouldn’t you rather be massaging […]

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Holocaust Day

Just a quick note to say that it’s Holocaust Day on January 27th. If anyone does any research or does any writing linking the Holocaust and football, then we would be much obliged. Simon Kuper’s book is an excellent start. In addition to the past Holocaust, this year’s contemporary link is the genocide in Rwanda. […]

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minimalism

A few words for the New Year. In fact very few words, I’m going through my minimalist phase! 3 poems for the price of one. The Big Kick off Fingers overlap Palms meet Token smiles Captains greet Ref flips Coin spins Heads / Tails Who wins? Lips purse Whistle shrill Noise erupts Big thrill Tv […]

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Where Minnows Dream & Fuse Box 3

FUSE BOX ISSUE 3 http://www.rattapallax.com/fusebox.htm First up a big thank you and well done to Big Mouth organiser, perfomance football poet and Bristol icon Rosemary Dun for her wonderful Fuse Box 3 collection of performance poetry from poets around the globe..It features 5 football poets/about a dozen football poems and a great miix of loads […]

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/news/2004/01/