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Poems tagged ‘TV’

No Time Added On

John Gilbert Ellis

Thursday, September 7th, 2023

We don’t talk much
beyond the weather,
but we can talk football
forever and ever.

Drive into the box,
mark the man in space,
a shared language, we
can kick all over the place.

Your personal terms met.
Time for a fresh dawn.
Our commentary box quiet,
your armchair view gone.

Our home game ended,
and there’s no time added on.

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A Quiet Game of Football

Martin Hadfield

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022

I’ve heard commentators say it was the game of the century
That it was the greatest there was in our living memory
“It would only be fair if both sides could win”
Was heard in the grandstands above the din
And at the end of the day with such a close result
It could never be said that game was dull

When it’s four nil at halftime and the crowd’s gone home
And the team getting thumped have got Stockholm Syndrome
The pundits will say football won on the day
And we’re lucky to see such powerful play.
While I listlessly stare at a circling seagull
I never heard it said once that the game was dull

When the referee constantly stops the play
And both teams appear to be in disarray
All the crowd can do is mumble and groan
And your team scarf hangs like a heavy millstone
Even though some games are just one big lull
You won’t hear it said that the game was dull

As one of the players succumbs to an injury
And you wish all the rest would be put out of their misery
Cos it’s slow and its sloppy and they’re not even rivals
Because neither team can even get into the finals
The commentary is loud and they’re hotly debating
In a desperate attempt to hold on to some ratings
Can’t you get it into your thick skull
You will never hear it said that a game is dull.

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