World Cup Haiku ~ Australia New Zealand 2023
Women’s World Cup 2023 haiku -Australia New Zealand
Aug 23 Spain Triumph ~ WWC23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 16 It’s…. (nearly!) World Cup Winnie
Aug 16 Time To Bring it Home ~ WWC 23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 07 England & Australia Last Eight Bound ~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 04 Morocco & Columbia Make The Last 16 WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Aug 01 England- Denmark- Netherlands & USA (just!) Advance – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 31 Australia Nigeria Japan & Spain Through WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 30 I’ll Write On My Own~ WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 29 England France & Jamaica Triumph – WWC ’23 Crispin Thomas
Jul 20 New Zealand 1-0 Norway WWC Haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2022 haiku (4) – Qatar
26 Nov Watching Brazil Haiku Stuart Butler
24 Nov WC2022: social injustice silenced World Cup Willie
13 Feb 2022 Qatar 2022 – Haiku Paul H Tubb
13 Oct 2014 Qatar’s World Cup haiku Crispin Thomas
World Cup 2018 haiku (91)~ Russia
A massive thank you for your words and contributions throughout the tournament to:
Dachlan Cartwright; Fred Slattern; Kevin Halls; Sharon Wilkie-Jones; Stuart Butler; World Cup Willie from the Editors Crispin, Clik The Mouse and Christian and to everyone who visits our site.Make your feelings known by clicking the heart/love/like button at the bottom of every poem …or comment in the comment section on a verse or a whole poem.
WC 2018 Day 25 Final haiku- World Cup Willie. 16 July
Varcically Les Bleus Haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.16 July
Belgium 2-0 England ~ Nuff Said ~ Crispin Thomas.15 July
No Time Now For Tears ~ Crispin Thomas.12 July
WC 2018 Day 23 haiku-Out World Cup Willie. 12 July
Early Morning Hopeful haiku ~ Stuart Butler .11 July
Mbappe Burns Bright ~ Les Bleus Final Bound ~ Crispin Thomas.11 July
WC 2018 Day 22 haiku- Allez Les Bleus! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 haiku free! World Cup Willie. 10 July
WC 2018 Day 21 World Cup Willie. 9 July
WC 2018 Day 20 World Cup Willie.9 July
Can We Start To Dream? ~ Crispin Thomas.8 July
France & Belgium Semis Bound -Day 20 ~ Crispin Thomas.7 July
WC 2018 Day 19 haiku World Cup Willie.4 July
Sweden England Next- Day 19 haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.4 July
On Charles Dickens Watching England Win ~ Stuart Butler.4 July
WC 2018 Day 19 (Pre) World Cup Willie.3 July
WC 2018 Day 18 World Cup Willie.3 July
Brazil & Mexico-Day 18 ~ Crispin Thomas. 3 July
WC 2018 Day 17 World Cup Willie.2 July
WC 2018 Day 16 World Cup Willie.2 July
Russia & Croatia Shoot Outs-Day 17 ~ Crispin Thomas. 2 July
France Uruguay-Day 16 ~ Crispin Thomas.1 July
WC 2018 Day 15 haiku~ World Cup Willie. 29 June
Three One Nils & A One Two-Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.29 June
Bowie in Berlin ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones 28 June
On Germany Losing Two Haiku to Nil ~ Stuart Butler .28 June
Brazil/Swiss Advance-WC Day 15 ~ Crispin Thomas.28 June
Germany/Sweden/Mexico Day 14 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
WC 2018 Day 14 shockaiku ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-13 ~ World Cup Willie. 27 June
Denmk/France/ Argent/Croatia-Day 13 ~ Crispin Thomas.27 June
~ WC2018 haiku-WC Day-12 ~ World Cup Willie. 26 June
VARcical Spain & Portugal-Day 12 ~ Crispin Thomas.26 June
WC2018 haiku-WC Day-10 ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
Kane haiku ~ Stuart Butler .25 June
WC2018 Day 9 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 25 June
England/Jap/Seneg/ Colomb Day 11 ~ Crispin Thomas.25 June
Belgium Mexico Day-10 ~ Crispin Thomas.24 June
Another Way To Moscow haiku ~ Stuart Butler .23 June
On Brazil Switzerland Nigeria- Day 9 ~ Crispin Thomas.23 June
Heat haiku ~ Fred Slattern.22 June
Beards Snails & Stars-Day 8 ~ Crispin Thomas.22 June
WC2018 Day 8 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 22 June
WC2018 Day 7 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 21 June
No Nil Nils haiku ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
1-0-1-0-1-0-haiku-WC Day 7 ~ Crispin Thomas.21 June
A World Cup Flutter haiku ~ Kevin Halls 21 June
Japan Senegal Russia- Day-6 ~ Crispin Thomas.20 June
Sweden Belgium England Day 5 ~ Crispin Thomas.19 June
Olé Serbia Danes & Mexico Day 4 ~ Crispin Thomas.18 June
WC2018 Day 4 haiku ~ World Cup Willie. 18 June
Heartbreak Moments haiku-Day 3 ~ Crispin Thomas.17 June
World Cup Haiku Cuckoo ~ Sharon Wilkie-Jones. 16 June
Late Late Hat Trick Day-Day 2 ~ Crispin Thomas.16 June
Hapless Arabian Knights – Day 1 ~ Crispin Thomas.15 June
WC2018 Day 1 – History Haiku ~ World Cup Willie.14 June
Too Few Blues Haiku ~ Dachlan Cartwright. 10 June
World Cup Russia 32 Team haiku ~ Crispin Thomas. 31 May
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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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Latest Comments
2nd October 2023 at 1:52 pm
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.
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24th September 2023 at 5:14 pm
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.
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20th September 2023 at 1:37 pm
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.
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19th September 2023 at 5:06 pm
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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7th September 2023 at 2:43 pm
Very true Crispin. Thanks!
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3rd September 2023 at 6:55 pm
Play Up Pompey indeed Richard .
My first ever proper game when i was 10 was Chelsea 7-4 Pompey on Xmas morning 1959, Greavesie got 4.
First visited Fratton Park with Chelsea (2-2) and stood among loads of sailors back in the old Second Dvision early 60s . That’s when I first heard the Pompey Chimes..
Last visited in the mid 2000s to run a football poetry workshop on racism with local young students in the Study Centre you had then at the time.
Had a great chat with some of your fans when you came here to Forest Green last season…
best wishes
Crispin
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1st September 2023 at 7:17 pm
Cliché heaven or hell..we get it all
Welcome to Football Poets John
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28th August 2023 at 10:54 am
Thanks Crispin – noted re the boxer! Never know, perhaps we’ll get Forest Green in the cup… or Chelsea!
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27th August 2023 at 4:47 pm
Hey Rowan
Tough line up of opening fixtures but werlcome to the National League and to Football Poets.
I’ve often passed your ground but never actually been.
Had to remove the boxert poem , sorry ….only poems about football, though i did read your tenuous link!
best wishes
Crispin -Editor
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6th August 2023 at 3:46 pm
Don’t worry Apollo, I have examined the evidence on YouTube – he looks great, the real deal!
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