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CHRISTMAS
TRUCE
FOOTBALL MATCH HAIKU FRIENDLY
Many of you will know
what a haiku is, but for those who don't, it has just 3 lines of 5, 7
and 5 syllables. So how about having a go at sending one
related to the theme of the Christmas truce and football in the trenches.
When you feel like it or if you are so moved we'll be waiting in No Man's
Land - bring a football... here's what we've had so far...
| Association Football |
HQ finds guilt by
Association. Football
Says Peace is the goal. |
| by - Stuart Butler |
| OOH AR! CANTONA |
Ooh Ar! Cantona
Surrealist football poet
Of DaDa! Non? |
| by - Dennis Gould |
( not quite playing by the rules -
but an oldie and a goodie) |
| A HAIKU LETTER |
Dear Mister Felstead
Thank you for your bravery
At past Christmas times. |
| by - Brockworth School tutor group -7SB |
| ( This is our tribute to Mr. Felstead of Gloucester. We read about him in the paper and Mr. Butler did an assembly.) |
| Cease Fire |
No bullets today,
No raking machine gunfire,
Goal mouth shots instead. |
| by - Tommy Atkins |
| ( Come on over Fritz.) |
| Ms |
Off the bench Warm up
Friendship Leave the trench Form up
For for - no - against |
| by - Evelyn Birkinshaw |
| Imagination |
So few documents,
But so many games in Trench
Football's palimpsest. |
| by - Professor Thomas Atkins |
| ( THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FOOTBALL GAMES IS LIKE THE RAINBOW for KEATS AND NEWTON.) |
| Christmas Football |
Bombs, bangs are distant,
The sound of war has stopped as
The football has won. |
| by - Jonathon Eaton, Y7. |
| ( The following pieces were written by 7SB tutor group at Brockworth School, Gloucester.) |
| Thank you for Peace at Christmas |
Dear Mr. Felstead,
Bravery you gave at war,
Christmas now has Peace. |
| by - Sarah Baldwin, Y7. |
| Football is better than War |
Dear Mr. Felstead,
Football is better than war,
Thanks to you, we won. |
| by - Laura Brown, Y7. |
| The Day that War Stopped |
In 1914,
They stopped the war to celebrate
Played football, not War. |
| by - Chanel Waugh, Y7. |
| Football Present |
The War was bitter,
But on Christmas Day, it changed,
With a football match. |
| by - Ryan Pearce, aged 12. |
| Bertie Felstead |
Dear Mr. Felstead,
We are glad you are alive
To tell the story. |
| by - Michael Blackford. |
| To Fight |
We came out to fight,
But we played football instead,
The Peoples' best Game. |
| by - Marcus Hughes, Y7. |
| Pax |
Glorious football,
Organised battlefields but
Without the damage. |
| by - Peter Tickner |
| Pax per Football |
Pro Country, scori?
Dulce et decorum est,
No casus belli. |
| by - I. Claudius |
| Night Patrol |
No Mans' Land, the pitch,
Barbed wire's blood marks the touch lines,
Flares act as floodlights. |
| by - Fritz |
| ( I'm coming over Tommy. Silent Night.) |
| Haiku 1 |
To express yourself
In a mere ninety minutes
Is very diffic- |
| by - Ben Wickins |
| ( WELL YOU TRY!) |
| The Nervous Centre Forward |
No more the crowds roar,
Guns and whizz bangs roar instead,
Long nights of shell shock. |
| by - X.E.Cuted |
| ( For all those men shot for so-called cowardice. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.) |
| Have a fag, Tommy |
Sharing cigarettes,
The third light is safe tonight,
Arsenal's silent. |
| by - Fritz |
| ( Let's hope so, Tommy. Come on Liverpool.) |
| Arsenal and Norwich |
Woolwich Arsenal,
Canary Phossie Jaw Girls,
High bury the dead. |
| by - Elsie |
| ( Those people who talk about jaw jaw not war war, don't know what they are talking about.For me,and thousands of others like me, they went together.) |
| Christmas Morning |
The frozen dug-outs
Echo with the sound of carols,
Instead of screams. |
| by - Fritz and Tommy together |
| ( It is Christmas morning, an hour before dawn. We have just lit a fire and are brewing up some tea together. You can hear carols all over this sector. The stars are shining down.) |
| Truce |
See, in No Mans' Land,
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| by - Tommy and Fritz |
| Truce |
See, in No Mans' Land,
Caps and helmets for goal posts,
Fags and beer and schnapps. |
| by - Tommy and Fritz |
| Christmas Dinner Football |
Plum and apple jam
And a bully beef tin can,
Passed from man to man. |
| by - Tommy Atkins |
| ( You don't neeed a ball to play a game of football - see Dennis Gould's poem - "Why is Football the World wide Game?") |
| Sony Haikus |
Our haikus are sent,
Look at the visitors' page,
They will make you laugh. |
| by - Caroline and Adam |
| ( We cannot manage fotball in the trenches haikus but we hope you will like our offerings on the visitors' page - haikus about computer malfunctions.) |
| Gas |
The football rattle;
The ecstasy of fumbling
For piss-poor kerchiefs. |
| by - Billy Owen |
| ( Sometimes, uncertainty about a correct plural seems too preposterous for wordsss.) |
| No Sanity Clause |
No sanity clause;
We catch twenty two until
Twenty three caught me. |
| by - Fritz |
| ( You've only so much luck.) |
| The Truce |
He hated cold feet
When going over the top;
But this warmed his heart. |
| by - Tommy Atkins |
| ( Interesting feature and letters in the Daily Telegraph, 16th, 18th., 19th. and 20th. of December. C4 film coming out about the 1915 truce ready for Nov. 11th. 2001.) |
| New Year's Eve |
The Old Year's last night,
All is clear and all is bright;
Is this our last night? |
| by - Fritz and Tommy together |
| ( Will we see the end of 1915?) |
| Poor Bloody Infantry |
Pack up your troubles
In your old kit bag and smile.
You must be joking. |
| by - Collective |
| Christmas Holly |
The holly berry,
Not as red as any blood,
In a fox-hole flood. |
| by - Fritz |
| Lateral Fought |
Oh, Tristram Shandy,
You do not need a parapet;
Pig's bladder, instead. |
| by - Laurence Sterne |
| ( We used games of football in the 18th. century as a way of stopping enclosure and thereby keeping the common as no-mans'-land. So here I am, time keepers.) |
| Silent Night |
Holy, silent night,
All is clear and all is bright,
To pass not shootl on sight. |
| by - Mr. Thomas Atkins |
| Holly und Ivy and Mistletoe |
Holly and ivy,
No need for a referee,
Mistletoe and fro. |
| by - Herr Fritz Schmidt |
| The Custodian |
He dived the wrong way,
And caught the last shot he faced -
Death, but no glory. |
| by - Tubby Morton |
| Boots |
Boots! Kipling's symbol
Of Tommy Atkins at war,
Now tackling for peace. |
| by - The Imperial Cake-Maker |
| White Snow Shirt with Blood Red Piping |
The frozen funk-holes
Shine tonight with right not might;
No more red on white, |
| by - Billy Meredith |
| DISCIPLINE |
Give war the red card!
Suspend the hostilities!
Not now - for ever! |
| by - A. Striker |
| 12th. Night |
Upon the 12th. day
Of Christmastide, the haikus
Stopped so abruptly. |
| by - A Pope |
| Allez les Bleus |
"Fochs Off! Mutiny!"
We French cried in 'seventeen.
Shot by our own team. |
| by - A Poilu |
| ( A Haiku by a Poilu.) |
| The Sword and the Pen |
Expressing yourself
In a mere 90 minutes
Is childs' play, not War. |
| by - Don't be vague, ask for Haig, not French |
| No Early Bath |
If only the lice
Would stop their war and football
Upon My Man's Land. |
| by - Tubby Morton |
| Training at Etaples |
Etaples - a tap
On the shoulder and you were
Led away by Death. |
| by - Percy Toplis |
| Question of Victory |
The wages of sin
Is death. Then how come Earl Haig
Received a pension? |
| by - Tommy Atkins |
| Hill Paul |
Red brick Hill Paul Mill,
Stroud's poppy of remembrance,
But Stroud's future still. |
| by - Stuart Butler |
| ( The tall mill by Stroud railway station has been saved from demolition by community action - they used to make military uniforms there. Have a look at www.hillpaul.org) |
| 1919, The Treaty of Versailles |
Victory's prizes
Shone in the Hall of Mirrors;
We shivered outside. |
| by - Tommy and Fritz |
| 1919 - Victory's Prizes |
'Flu epidemic.
The dole and unemployment.
No Homes for Heroes. |
| by - Tommy and Fritz |
| ( The influenza epidemic at the end of the war killed masses of war-weakened Europeans, be they ex-combatants or civilians.) |
| Womens' War Work Wins The Vote? A Hoary Myth? |
We all did our bit,
So why don't we get the vote?
Why only the rich? |
| by - Evelyn Birkinshaw |
| ( The 1918 Act gave the vote to only women of a certain age and property.It was not until 1928 that all women got the vote.) |
| The Old Firm and the Engineers' Strike of 1919 |
Rangers and Celtic,
All out on strike together,
Tanks on Glasgow's streets. |
| by - Tommy McAtkins |
| ( Says it all, really.) |
| Luvin' Football |
Football is to me
What ev'rything should be - ya
All you'll hear from me |
| by - Luvin' Football |
| fight |
take your clip out and fight
put your gun down and fight
i pull my gun out, fuck fighting! |
| by - poe |
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| by - poe |
| ( who ever thinks that guns solve anything these days should go to cambodia.) |
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| by - jh8iuh8ivy7ukiuyhi |
| blues |
We are premea leeg
A sead we are premea leeg
We are premea leeg |
| by - joe |
| blues |
We are premea leeg
A sead we are premea leeg
We are premea leeg |
| by - joe |
| You |
subset of society
within
peace |
| by - me |
| ( true that) |
| TRAINING AT ETAPLES |
ETAPLES - A TAP
ON THE SHOULDER AND YOU WERE
LED AWAY BY DEATH |
| by - PERCY TOPLIS |
| ( PERCY TOPLIS LIVES ON.) |
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He dribbles the ball
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| by - |
| opportunity missed |
He dribbles the ball
Past two defenders and shoots,
But, the ball sails high. |
| by - tri tran |
| ( we all miss now and then) |
| opportunity missed |
He dribbles the ball
Past two defenders and shoots,
But, the ball sails high. |
| by - tri tran |
| ( we all miss now and then) |
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The blue sea of scarves
Floating in the stadium,
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| by - |
| CHELSEA RETURNS TO WEMBLEY CUP FINAL |
The blue sea of scarves,
Floating in the new stadium,
Welcoming Chelsea. |
| by - tri tran |
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Punching on the field,
Red bood stains the greenest grass,
|
| by - |
| red card for micheal |
Punching on the field,
Red blood stains the greenest grass
And Owens goes off. |
| by - tri tran |
| the relieving moment |
The ball hits the post,
Friedel is relieved,
Blackburn is alive. |
| by - tri tran |
| bend like beckham |
Beckham curves the ball
Around the tough four men wall,
Beating the goalie. |
| by - tri tran |
| ( seen the movie 'bend like beckham?') |
| the 2002 world cup celebration |
KaKa hoists the cup
Infront of the Brazil fans
While the Germans weep. |
| by - tri tran |
| fury in Arsene's heart |
Pires hits the crossbar,
Wenger screams and yells loudly
Then he kicks the bench. |
| by - tri tran |
| ( outch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) |
| The untrue world champs |
The Parisians weep
As France exits the world cup.
What a fiasco! |
| by - tri tran |
| Sudden death penalty save in the MLS cup final |
Hartman tipped the ball
Over the long,white crossbar.....
Los angeles won |
| by - tri tran |
| ( my imagination.L.a my best us team, leeds my best uk team .usa#2 and england#1 my best and second best national teams) |
| Leeds united for ever |
Shine or rain, who cares,
We will always be with you;
Win or lose, go Leeds! |
| by - tri tran |
| ( my best team) |
| Chamions league 2003/2004 |
Rangers and Man U
Battled out in the Kingdom,
Man U swept the Scots. |
| by - tri tran |
| Striker |
Let's hope he's better
At shooting past the team
Than shooting at them |
| by - Rissa |
| A Player, Not A Fighter |
He is accustomed
To aiming AT the others
The goalie saves it |
| by - Rissa |
| ( (The problem with armies playing football...)) |
| The Greatest Football Haiku |
Patriotic win
The team destroyed and battered,
Kicked and demolished. |
| by - Michael Abu |
| Ceasefire, Christmas 1914 |
mud and blood mixed
likewise friend and foe
what a match, 1914 |
| by - Clik the mouse |
| FOCK IT |
FOCK THIS, FOCK THAT, ,
START A FIGHT, GRAB A GAT
FOCK THIS I'M GANGSTA KEEP FIGHTIN'!!!! |
| by - TONKSY 'N' 'ARDMAN |
| FOCK IT |
FOCK THIS, FOCK THAT, ,
START A FIGHT, GRAB A GAT
FOCK THIS I'M GANGSTA KEEP FIGHTIN'!!!! |
| by - TONKSY 'N' 'ARDMAN |
| FOCK IT(the remake) |
FOCK THIS, FOCK THAT, START A FIGHT
GET SHOT AT, GRAB YA GAT
FOCK THIS I'M GANGSTA BLAST BACK!!!!! |
| by - TONKSY 'N' 'ARDMAN |
| ( (Thats the life of a G I guess)) |
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ALL YA' G's OUT THERE, GRAB YA' GATS,
GRAB YA' KNIVES AND YA' BATS,
HOOD RATS TO THE END |
| by - TONKSY , ' ARDMAN 'N' 'ILL |
| ( YOU GOT THE HERRRRN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) |
| the christmas truce of 1914 |
people are fighting
away from their family
not there for christmas and getting killed |
| by - amy |
| Waiting |
It's nearly the 10th
Anticipation building
And the whistle blows........ |
| by - K. Ford |
| scorin all ova da world |
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
scorin all ova da world
we rok dey rule england wil win da cup |
| by - lozzer |
| ( in tune of status quo) |
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i try du da best
and beat the rest
haha not an haiku |
| by - lozzer |
| Mr. |
198 Tremont St. #506
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| by - |
| Truth is the first casuality |
Football shows the truth
Rich people lied so you'd fight
Fritz is same as you |
| by - Lineswine |
| ( The English govt. spread the lie that "the Germans eat their first born", in order to get ordinary people to join the army) |
| pussy |
pussys are wet
pussys are tight
some pussys are loose |
| by - Allen Benny |
| IN MY ASS |
I love it alot
when i touch his cock
it is hard |
| by - BIG COCK |
| Controversy |
Did the whole of the
ball cross the whole of the line ?
Controversially. |
| by - Ess Oh Cee |
| arsenal win |
arsenal is da best
so do not mess with da best
so who is da best .. ARSENAL |
| by - by sade alaka |
| sex |
havin sex is good
do go to hard wid my cock
luv it hate it ... SEX |
| by - sexyguy |
| footy |
footy is gud
footy is bad
play and score |
| by - arinder bhatoe |
| SUMMER |
summer is happy
summer has never been sad
keep it up summer |
| by - by mike sullivan |
| ronaldooooooooooooooooooo |
ronaldo is sexy
i wanna sux his c0ck
sexy sexy |
| by - miss unknown |
| mazz |
i love tee and know one can change dat
he is my baby
so dont snatch him away from me ok so f off |
| by - |
| arsenal |
arsenal are the best
dont have a rest
because they are also good in the west |
| by - sade alaka |
| ( it was ok ) |
| ferewtr |
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