{"product_id":"ten-poems-about-cricket-copy","title":"Eleven Poems about Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead of a Card \u003c\/strong\u003eby Candlestick Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cform id=\"paypal-buy\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootball has accrued its fair share of sound-bites and foot-in-mouth moments. The poems in this anthology strike an altogether more subtle note and take us to the very heart of why a seemingly straightforward team sport arouses such passion and commands such lifelong devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a poem capturing the romance of children playing street football until it’s almost too dark to see the ball, and another in which going to the match is a rite of passage for an immigrant boy seeking to belong. There’s also an extra poem from the touchline written by editor Conor O'Callaghan.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd, of course, there’s a poem depicting that iconic game played in no man’s land during the Christmas Truce:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“All these boys want to hear today\u003cbr\u003eIs the final whistle. Let them walk away.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘The Game: Christmas Day, 1914’ by Ian McMillan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mini-anthology demonstrates that the beautiful game is entirely worthy of the beautiful language of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Simon Armitage, Tiffany Atkinson, Claire Crowther, Elaine Feeney, Miriam Gamble, Seamus Heaney, Gill Learner, Ian McMillan, Sean O'Brien, Conor O'Callaghan, George Szirtes and Sarah Wardle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Hugh Ribbans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/form\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePamphlets are supplied with an envelope for posting and a bookmark for a special message. Whether you’re choosing for a friend or for yourself, we think you’ll find you’re spoilt for choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56735172362626,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/4576\/3117\/files\/eleven-poems-about-football-poetry-pamphlet-front-cover.jpg?v=1782480831","url":"https:\/\/www.kempsgeneralstore.co.uk\/products\/ten-poems-about-cricket-copy","provider":"Kemps General Store \u0026 Kemps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}