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 close-up
Prodded ball
Entire circumference
Includes all
Opposites attract
Fair play. Foul play.
Stiff tackle. Chopper Harris.
Loaded London. Penniless Paris.
Lusty cheers. Monkey noises.
Rooney’s dreams. David Moyes’s.
Hand shakes. Fisticuffs.
Great saves. Alan Rough’s.
Sponsored boots. Studs showing.
Rising hope. Cynacism’s growing.
Three points. Sore losers.
Silky skills. Boring bruisers.
Capable referee. Fourth official.
Advantage played. Fussy whistle.
Glorious goals. Empty nets.
Fancy footwork. Fraudulent bets.
Matthews, Stanley. Segers, Hans.
Football fanatics. Psycho fans.
Fruity FA Cup results
Banana skin FC : 2
Fancied big guns : 2
Pumped up : 2
Orange peeled off shirts in (premature) celebration : 1
Poms dey tear de hair out : 0
Oz suckers them to earth : 2
Grin and tonics : 4
Neat bitter lemons : 0
Battling underdogs : 3
Cherry red faces : 2
Peering forlornly : 1
Kiwi coloured socks : 2
Raised hopes : quite a few
Sour grapes : many
Note:
in honour of the FA Cup 3rd round, 03.01.2004
I was going to go off on a fantastical tangent (tangerine dream?)
but then remembered that fact is stranger than fiction.
The above results translate as :
Watford 2 Chelsea 2
Portsmouth 2 Blackpool 1
Yeovil Town 0 Liverpool 2 (Kewell admits to diving for the penalty)
Birmingham 4 Blackburn 0 (avenging a 4-0 reverse earlier in the season. Blackburn sported bright yellow shirts)
Gillingham 3 Charlton 2
Wigan 1 West Ham 2 (The Hammers for some unknown reason, appeared to be wearing green socks!)
Be sure to read the far better composition in praise of the FA Cup, Crispin Thomas’s ‘where minnows dream’
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Latest Comments
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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