We Was Robbed: Yet More Football Poems
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We Was Robbed: Yet More Football Poems
Chosen by David Orme
Orme's third short collection of light-hearted football poems deals with the nation's number one spectator sport in a witty fashion, and will be enjoyed over and over again by young football fans. Poems about the professional and non-league game in addition to the playground kickabout are well-observed and will surely strike a cord with both adults and children. The combined use of heavy metre and clever rhyme is the feature of many poems. Paul Cookson's 'No One 'Passes Me' rolls easily off the tongue; 'Harum-scarum do or dare 'em/ I will take the knocks and bear 'em/ Show me strikers and I'll scare 'em/ No one passes me!' 'Never Put Noel in Goal' by Nick Toczek was another popular poem with a Year 5 class: 'Oh no! Not Noel/ He flaps around like a Dover sole./ We always get this rigmarole/ whenever we've got Noel in goal.' Illustrated with lively line drawings.
