The excellent football poets website led us to this poem by P Maguire. Link below if you fancy further exploration. Enjoy…
The Enduring Spirit Of Football
Stop the world for a moment
Drag down the boundaries and fences
Pull up the stone barriers and rip up the flags
Dispense with slogans and spin
Bin the logos and neon spanglers
Pull down the billboards and adverts
Step off the soapboxes and political agendas
Throw away the “isms”
And just find a football, a space
And play.
© P Maguire
ParryMaguire (2004)
Football Poets – P Maguire
footballpoets.org
Football Poems by P Maguire. A celebration of the beautiful game.
Written by The Ball on Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
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