143 World Cup Haiku-8 Tankas+World Cup Diaries
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So -it’s over and we thought it would go on forever. In the end, was it really just about football, your country under-achieving, money, goal-line technology, and superstars who failed to deliver? We can but hope for a legacy. Send us your thoughts on ‘looking back’ at it all….or just a have a break!
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Created by Stuart Butler/ Sheilagh Crowther of I Respect.
2010 FIFA World Cup -South Africa Official Site
1.WORLD CUP HAIKU 2010
2.139 World Cup haiku & 7 tanka
10 Jul Consolation? Paul Garratt
08 Jul Dunga’s sweater Emdad Rahman
08 Jul Ghana Emdad Rahman
08 Jul Nigeria ban Emdad Rahman
08 Jul Blatter goalline tech Emdad Rahman
08 Jul Motty Emdad Rahman
07 Jul Germany 0 Spain 1 Paul Garratt
07 Jul This little Piggy Eno
06 Jul Uruguay 2 Netherlands 3 Paul Garratt
05 Jul World Cup (USA-Ghana) Dave Bonta
04 Jul Germany Eno
02 Jul Mollycoddled Poseurs kevin halls
30 Jun How I felt ..Paul Tubb
29 Jun 3 Lions- Must Be Joking Kevin Halls
29 Jun on England leaving without competing: Haiku Paul H Tubb
28 Jun New Coach Crispin Thomas
27 Jun Fool’s Gold Paul Garratt
27 Jun England 1 Germany 4 Haiku Stuart Butler
23 Jun England 1 Slovenia 0 Paul Garratt
23 Jun watching England-12 haiku Crispin Thomas
23 Jun WC haiku & tanka Olna Firth
21 Jun Dissentu Paul Garratt
21 Jun 9 haiku World Cup Willie
20 Jun St George Cross 8 haiku kevin halls
20 Jun At Last Crispin Thomas
20 Jun Simulation Paul Garratt
20 Jun Losing & Alg 0 Eng 0 – 2 Haiku S B Ingle
19 Jun New England Coat of Arms Stuart Butler
19 Jun Bad To Worse-Kick & Rush Stuart Butler
19 Jun The F Factor haiku Crispin Thomas
18 Jun Tanka – World Cup Tony Lewis-Jones
17 Jun The Vuvuzela – 7 haiku kevin halls
15 Jun Lions not pussycats 7 haiku Kevin halls
14 Jun World Cup countries 32 haiku Crispin Thomas
14 Jun vuvuzela Crispin Thomas
14 Jun watching England Crispin Thomas
14 Jun without Essien Crispin Thomas
13 Jun Elfmeter Paul Garratt
13 Jun “So Come On England” Stuart Butler
13 Jun WC & Refugee Week Stuart Butler
12 Jun Half Time tanka Alan McKean
12 Chris Waddle Paradox Stuart Butler
11 Robben Island – 4 haiku Stuart Butler
11 World Cup 9 haiku Stuart Butler
9 World Cup 2 haiku Stuart Butler
8 hold on Crispin Thomas
8 WC watching in the pub kevin halls
8 Africa awaitsu Crispin Thomas
7 World Cup 6 haiku Stuart Butler
1 World Cup love Crispin Thomas
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3. WORLD CUP 2010 DIARIES
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3a Peter Goulding
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3b Emdad Rahman
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day 21 ii
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3c World Cup Willie
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initial draw
About This Site
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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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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