Ceasefire, Christmas 1914 Haiku
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mud and blood mixed
likewise friend and foe entrenched
what a match, 1914
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mud and blood mixed
likewise friend and foe entrenched
what a match, 1914
© Clik the mouse, 10th December 2004
For anybody interested in the subject of the Christmas Day Truce of 1914, and the match played in No Man’s Land,
then check out the Archive section of this site.
There is also a section dedicated to Haiku’s on the subject, which can be accessed from the Archive page, or from this following link :
http://footballpoets.org/XmasHaiku.asp
where you can add your own Haiku.
Listen out for a radio article on this subject, being aired tomorrow on BBC Radio Good Morning Wales news show, to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Christmas Truce.
Football Poets have been invited to appear on the show. However, at the time of writing, it’s not clear as to whether our representatives can be reached in time to contribute.
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Thanks Gacina, glad you liked it, and I have just posted a new one about our points deduction…
Today B.B.C post on F.B was titled:Premier League reduced to 18 clubs? I really think it may be interesting to see if this would be Everton’s nightmare and this poem is well suited for this concern.If there would be more difficult battle to stay if there were 18 teams.Great poem and somehow true.
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment
‘Three Teams Worse Than Us’ from our Toffee friend Denys in Italy, also sums up how FGR fans currently feel. Yes, in our case, with two going down to the Conference, it could be entitled ‘Two Teams Worse Than Us’, but three would make us feel even safer.
Enjoy it while you can, although I’m sure Mbappe could well be bound for St James
There still remains a magic about the early rounds of the FA Cup that the premier league / internationals can never match.
Coventry Sphinx v Leicester Nirvana sounds so much more than a tale of two cities etc. etc.
Very accurate indeed!
Palace home for me is always a tough journey as well. From the wilds of west London to Selhurst is a random journey into the unknown.
Lovely stuff for one of the best.
We love him to death down at the Palace.
I’ll post my Roy poem a bit later. You’ve inspired me to finish it.
I’d like to think some of my scarves might get passed down the generations, but can’t see some of the “quality merchandise” I have making much past my son’s generation. They’ll fall apart before he even has kids, I reckon!
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