A Football Poem for World Poetry Day

Today is World Poetry Day and to mark the occasion, I, along with a number of other football bloggers have written a poem. My own effort can be seen below, the other contributors to this blog carnival can be found  on these websites:
 The 72 http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2011/03/21/world-poetry-day-celebrating-the-championships-top-six/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter , The Two Unfortunates http://thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com/2011/03/world-poetry-day-championship-weekend.html , Ryan Hubbard http://ryanahubbard.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/the-lows-of-an-addiction/ , The Football Hobo http://footballhobo.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/world-poetry-day-blog-carnival/ , Saha From the Maddening Crowd http://sahafromthemaddingcrowd.blogspot.com/ , A United View http://aunitedview.blogspot.com/2011/03/football-poems-for-world-poetry-day.html?spref=tw , The Hand of Blog http://www.thehandofblog.blogspot.com/ 


Here's my own effort-

Last Kick of the Game

The terrace has seen it all in its time.

A goalkeeping fumble, a clearance off the line,

a referee slowly blowing full-time.

Today is no different. It’s tough being at home

when the away team try to groan

a draw out of the crowd’s moans.

The chairman doubts, pressing his thumb

into his cheek. The staccato beat of a drum

pleads to the players, urging a chance to come.

The turgid ball drops –

Quick as a fly

the fans jump up, adrenaline eyed.

The flick of a hamstring - the jerk

of the defender’s leg - the ‘keeper

diving to the striker’s parting shot.

Richard.

Next up is Northen League Day at 6 http://northernleagueday.wordpress.com/ and later End to End Stuff http://endtoendstuff.wordpress.com/