world cup (Remove filter)
blown it
blown it
remember when you were a kid
and you got some tracing paper
and wrapped it round that thing
you use on your hair –
and blew to get a tune out of it?
a sort of cross between
a rasp and a kazoo
rasping and
kazzooing
making music
that irritated
and annoyed
your whole family
well
last night
during a particularly boring
football matc...
Thursday 12th July 2018 10:34 pm
WORLD CUP 1966 personal recollections
WORLD CUP 1966 personal recollections
Blue dressed bridesmaid
Bolt down the food, get through the speeches.
Drink up the wine – what’s the time?
Time to put down the serviettes.
Time to …………
Tension is building - Tighter, harder, bolder
The groom, the best man and every one of the ushers are at the starting gate.
More interested in the future than the present.
...
Saturday 7th July 2018 5:06 pm
Poem for Germany
Deutschland, Deutschland
über the moon
you won’t be sober
any time soon.
Sunday 13th July 2014 10:57 pm
Africa United
Black stars in the dark that shone so bright,
Pan continental sparks were reignited,
In a flood-lit calabash, man what a sight!
Eleven Ghanaians became Africa United.
For the global Diaspora of Africans whose numbers stretched to billions,
A short but welcome distraction from conflict and debt,
From the highest to the lowest, military to civilians,
The to...
Monday 10th January 2011 10:18 am
What a Wonderful Game
(This one's for Ray, and all the others out there)
Brazil in Mexico;
Bonetti’s blunder and Gazza’s tears;
Pele, Eusebio, Cruyff;
North Korea, when they were plucky, not dangerous and mad;
The often-absent Tartan army;
Beckenbauer’s grace and Zidane’s rage;
Argentina! Rattin’s dismissal, Maradona’s revenge;
Can Drogba carry Africa’s flag?
Wembley, the ...
Friday 11th June 2010 9:08 am
Recent Comments
Tom Doolan on Wishes Come True
30 minutes ago
Yanma Hidayah on “I Don’t Believe in My Wings”
2 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on Stopping the Cuts
11 hours ago
Stephen Gospage on According to the poet
11 hours ago
Tom Doolan on Wishes Come True
16 hours ago
David RL Moore on The nutritional value of a bullet
18 hours ago
David RL Moore on According to the poet
18 hours ago
John Coopey on HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND
19 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on “I Don’t Believe in My Wings”
21 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on According to the poet
21 hours ago