Football Haiku

An amusing anthology of ' Football haiku published to coincide with the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. A truly original and quirky celebration of the beautiful game of football. Football Haiku contains over 100 three-line poems from a wide variety of contributors which have been printed on T-Shirts. The T-shirts/poems were worn during football games played on parks and pitches in Scotland and photographed by Guy Moreton. Football Haiku contains the photographs of these football poems in action and includes a free mini-audio CD which features the voices of Archie MacPherson, Rob MacLean, John Kavanagh and Dougie Donnelly.

An amusing anthology of 'Football haiku' published for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Trust pocketbooks to come up with the most original and quirky celebration of the beautiful game. These three line poems by over 100 contributors are printed on T-Shirts', and the poems are worn during football games played on local parks and pitches. The CD features the voices of Archie MacPherson, Rob MacLean, John Kavanagh and Dougie Donnelly.

An amusing anthology of ' Football haiku published to coincide with the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. A truly original and quirky celebration of the beautiful game of football. Football Haiku contains over 100 three-line poems from a wide variety of contributors which have been printed on T-Shirts. The T-shirts/poems were worn during football games played on parks and pitches in Scotland and photographed by Guy Moreton. Football Haiku contains the photographs of these football poems in action and includes a free mini-audio CD which features the voices of Archie MacPherson, Rob MacLean, John Kavanagh and Dougie Donnelly.

Here's a collection of poems about goals, fans, yobs, cheers, fouls, boots, scarves, crowds, strips. You'll also see falling stars, blind referees, magic sponges, dream teams, fizzy drinks, wet Saturdays, hairless half-backs, and a game of two halves. This is a thought-provoking as well as an entertaining book, and includes a number of reflective poems, dealing with some of the more serious issues in football. Most of the poems have been specially written for this collection.

Presenting more than two hundred of the greatest haiku ever written about the game. There are moments in every baseball game that make fans catch their breath: the pause while a pitcher looks in for the sign, the moment a cocksure rookie gets picked off first, or the instant a batter lashes a game-winning homer into the night sky, just before the sell-out crowd explodes onto its feet. Haiku captures these moments like no other poetic form, and Baseball Haiku captures the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the emotions of the game like no previous collection. Some of the most important haiku poets of both America and Japan are featured in this anthology; including Jack Kerouac, a longtime baseball fan who pioneered English-language haiku; Alan Pizzarelli, one of the top American haiku and senryu poets of the last thirty years; and Masaoka Shiki, one of the four great pillars of Japanese haiku—a towering figure—who was instrumental in popularizing baseball in Japan during the 1890s. With over two hundred poems spanning more than a century of ball playing, Baseball Haiku reveals the intricate ways in which this enduring and indelible sport—which is played on a field, under an open sky—has always been linked to nature and the seasons. And just as a haiku happens in a timeless now, so too does Baseball Haiku evoke those unforgettable images that capture the actions and atmospheres of the national pastime: each poem resonates like the lonely sound of cleats echoing in the tunnel as a grizzled veteran leaves his final game. The largest collection of haiku and senryu on baseball ever assembled, Baseball Haiku is an extraordinary treasure for any true baseball fan.

At lunch, / I ate three cans / of alphabet soup. / An hour later / I had / thesaurus / throat / ever. Brian Cleary brings his trademark humor and wordplay to middle grade readers in this poetry collection. Featuring limericks, concrete poems, haiku, quatrains, acrostics, and much more, the book is in equal parts entertaining and educational. Spot illustrations accompany the poems, as do brief notes about poetic forms and poetic devices. An exceedingly accessible resource for poetry month—and all year round!