The Great Football Match

A poem for children

 

The lads went out for football

On a sunny Summer’s day

Iain and Fred, Bill and Dick

The greatest game to play

They tossed their jumpers on the ground

The goalposts for to make

And Billy’s Mom had packed for them

A big fat Angel Cake

They ran around for half an hour

The ball flew here and there

Enjoying every shot and save

They didn’t have a care

But then, alas, a shot from Fred

Flew past the woolly post

And hit the fence and shot across …

To the house of Mr.Most!!

It landed in his garden there

Amongst his prize new flowers

The last time that it landed there …

He kept the ball for hours!!

They lined up by the wall outside

To see who’d ring the bell

And speak to angry Mr.Most

Of the sorry tale to tell

Well, Billy it was who said he’d go

Because he knew the thing to take

He swapped the ball with Mr.Most

For his Mom’s great Angel Cake!!!

Reviews

[jen -- JG]

A fantastic fun write Phil - full of excitement and truth - kids behave like this ....
So different to what I've read from you in the past - a delightful suprise.

A good giggle from me.........

cheers

jen-JG

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Fun read, great imagery. wondefully written and creative.


Great Write.

[R J Askew]

Lovely and light like an Angel Cake. Very enjoyable. The interface between serious adults and carefree kids.

[An Ordinary Woman]

This is great my friend, as a mother of a football playing teenager it has all the right elements, every single one right down to the cake! Truly a great and fun write!

[Sally Edwards]

Hahahah!!!, this is lovely Phil, the child in me is laughing along, I have to admit I saw the title and thought oh no he's written about football....... oh well here goes........ I am so glad I decided to read anyway, it is delightful, it took me right back to my childhood and playing rounders in the street, we'd lose the ball in a garden and argue over who would knock the door to get the ball back......I am sure my little nephews would love this story